With an 1850 Gothic, Dark, Damp, and Dreary Setting.
Voodoo, Ultra-Violence, Slashings and Mutilations.
Vincent Price and Christopher Lee in a Complex Cacophony of Dastardly-Deeds Makes it an OK or Slightly Above Average Horror Apart from the Corman Stable.
A Bit Confusing, Convoluted, and Slowly Paced the Film Lumbers Along, but Picks Up at Times to Reveal a Contemporaneous Self-Awareness of the New Sex and the New Violence.
By 1969 the Graphic Displays of Both had Jettisoned Passed the Initial Hammer Cutting-Edge Stuff of the 50's and Early 60's.
This One's so Sexy, Sombre, and Violent that it Almost Overshadows and Blots-Out the Gothic Atmosphere with the More Salacious Scenes Moving to the Forefront.
But there is Enough Atmosphere, Costumes, and Ambience for the Film to Remain in the Poe-Gothic Sub-Genre from where it Sprang.
A Must-See for Horror Buffs.
For All Others its...
Worth a Watch.
Voodoo, Ultra-Violence, Slashings and Mutilations.
Vincent Price and Christopher Lee in a Complex Cacophony of Dastardly-Deeds Makes it an OK or Slightly Above Average Horror Apart from the Corman Stable.
A Bit Confusing, Convoluted, and Slowly Paced the Film Lumbers Along, but Picks Up at Times to Reveal a Contemporaneous Self-Awareness of the New Sex and the New Violence.
By 1969 the Graphic Displays of Both had Jettisoned Passed the Initial Hammer Cutting-Edge Stuff of the 50's and Early 60's.
This One's so Sexy, Sombre, and Violent that it Almost Overshadows and Blots-Out the Gothic Atmosphere with the More Salacious Scenes Moving to the Forefront.
But there is Enough Atmosphere, Costumes, and Ambience for the Film to Remain in the Poe-Gothic Sub-Genre from where it Sprang.
A Must-See for Horror Buffs.
For All Others its...
Worth a Watch.