An Old
abandoned castle that was once used for
torturing people to death becomes the
scene for a photo shoot for horror novel
covers but they encounter a caretaker
named Travis Anderson (Mickey Hargitay)
who insists on them leaving but is
convinced for them to stay for a short
while.
Suddenly, one of the models is murdered
by some spikes that looked like it was
accidental and then other people end off
being killed as Travis seems to be doing
these evil deeds and is posessed by the
evil spirit of the 17th century
"Crimson Executioner" and he
traps the models in the castle while
torturing them to death with a variety of
horrific devices.
Ugh this is about
torture but the real torture is watching
this inexcusable pile of junk.
The picture quality is really bad and so
is the plot. One of those bad drive in
Italian movies for sure.
Skip this and call the coroner.
The acting is in foreign
language overdubbed by US actors so it's
a little tough to tell how the acting was
like but I can sort of get an idea.
Lead actor Mickey Hargitay seems
to come off well at being demented and
shows alot of energy to his role in the
film.
Walter Brandi really stands out as a
hero type in the film trying to rescue
everyone.
Supporting actor Ralph Zucker brought
good humor to his role as the
photographer although the story in this
film stinks.
Spike's come down on a
person
An arrow is shot in a man's throat
Massimo Pupillo is
very rough with his work on this clunker.
He directed alot of comedic work with
supporting actor Ralph Zucker when
he tries to take photographs but isn't
satisfied with the people.
He showed good shots on the casts shocked
looks from the first deadly incident but
their reactions were very rough.
There's a good shot on Barbara Nelli
with the killer coming in on her but she
looks very poor with her frights.
Both Mickey Hargitay and Luisa
Baratto show nice shocked glances at
one another when they encounter each
other.
There was a real classic moment of
supporting actress Moa Tahi being
caught in a giant web with a gigantic
spider lurking towards her and Walter
Brandi is going underneath some
wires trying to save her which is well
directed and Tahi looked good by
crying in fear.
Hargitay does well with a violent
strike towards Baratto and also shows
good insanity too.
Hargitay really pulls off at being
mad in the torture chamber and we see
great shots on the surviving cast being
tied up and tortured although it was
pointless.
Gino Perguri had
some nice chilling organ playing in some
of the scene's but has some toned out
music as well along with some music
repeating itself soubnding like a broken
record.
Travis
Anderson: I insist that you leave my
castle immediately.
Max Parks: Could you make just one
exception?
Nancy:
I'm not just a dumb blonde, you know.
Annie: Who says you're a blonde?
Nancy:
Yeah, but he's dead, and I want to go on
living.
Max Parks: I'll double your
salary.
Nancy: My life's worth more than
that.
Max Parks: Triple it.
Nancy: Okay, it's a deal.
Rick:
[viewing Suzy's mutilated body] No
one can dare say that THIS was an
accident.
Rick:
Just as I thought: The rope wasn't worn;
it was cut. At this point, there's only
one explanation: Deliberate murder.
Travis
Anderson: Mankind is made up of
inferior creatures, spiritually and
physically deformed, who would have
corrupted the harmony of my perfect body.
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