Fairly by the numbers gaslighting Gothic potboiler that turns into a lunatic tale of ghost vampires in the last third. Completely nonsensical even by Italian standards.
Complemented by a fine cast of Eurocult regulars, with Gordon Mitchell on grand OTT form.
John Landis's masterpiece and simply the best fusion of comedy and horror ever committed to celluloid.
Also features probably my favourite kid in any movie. "NO!"
This is one of the tamer entries in the Naziploitation sub-genre, more concerned with showing scenes of softcore sex (all the guys keep their trousers on, all the dames have hairy armpits) than the brutal tortures that some of its kin liked to indulge in.
Apart from being one of the official UK Video Nasties, and the infamous cover and press campaign that accompanied its UK video release, the film is probably most famous for its testicular transplant scene. This…
