Reviews by markjazz

This is one of my favourite Vincent Price films and I think a lot of it has to do with that fact that it's a combination of two stories by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. Joseph Curwen is a Worlock whom is experimenting with raising the dead at his palace and trying to create a super human race by taking peoples souls, mainly woman. The town of Arkham doesn't like this and soon burns Joseph Curwen alive. Joseph places a curse on the town and 110 years later his great-great grandson, Charles Dexter Ward, returns to the town to collect the deed on the very same palace. The towns people believe Joseph Curwen has come back and soon Charles is changing after the very first night in his new home. Joseph Curwen is trying to get into his body to come back from the dead and continue his experiments and take his revenge on the towns people. But it doesn't go as planned...

There's so much to like about this movie. The music is great, the acting is awesome, Debra Paget is hot, and the set of the palace is beautiful! Personally I think this is Vincent's best performance. The movie does run a bit slow near the end but I love it none the less. Some of Vincent's best lines are in this movie. There's a sceen where he is entering his wife's room and she asks what he is doing and he says; "Merely exercising my husbandly prerogative." Haha, brilliant! This was my 2nd Vincent Price film I saw and it got me hooked from then on.

TRT: 99 Minutes
First Zombie Death: 1:20
Last Zombie Death: 1:10:31
First Human Death: 27:59
Last Human Death: 1:31:12
Zombies Killed: 28
Humans Killed by Francesco: 15
Zombies Killed by Francesco: 19
Zombies Shot in the Head: 16
Decapitations: 2
Girls Puked On: 1
Cigarettes Smoked by Francesco: 9
Swears: 10
Tits: 1 (Meaning how many different woman bare their boobs)
Scene's with Tits: 3
WTF Moments: Way to many to count!

Wow is this bad, but with a budget of only $150,000 for 1978 I guess no one should expect much from it. My main problem with the film is the sound effects. Most of them are annoying, they only have about 10 different sound effects during the whole film, and they use a Tie Fighter sound effect as well. I can't really review this movie because I didn't like it much so here's just a point form about what I liked and what I didn't like about it.

Didn't Like
*Music sucks and the synth is out of sync at times.
*Cliche sound effects.
*Doors open with a woosh type sound but they sound like someone was just blowing into a mic.
*Acting is ok but the script is shit.
*For the first half hour of the film people are getting zapped half the time!
*Editing is crap!

Liked
*Hot nude girl getting zapped by hanging dildos.
*Another hot nude girl dancing around the same hanging dildos.
*Good pace. Not many slow parts.

TRT: 1:25:47
First Death: 0:02:28
Last Death: 0:40:27
Total Deaths: 4
Critter Kills: 4
Scene's with Blood: 6
Explosions: 14
Swears: 9
Tits: 0
Number of Times One is Subjected to that Shit Song "Power of the Night": 3

TRT: 1:30:35
First Kill: 17:13
Last Kill: 1:26:00
Mega Python Kills: 12*
Gatoroid Kills: 6*
Total Kills: 18*
Scenes with Blood: 14
Explosions: 7
Swears: 10
Tits: 0
Very Odd Music Video?: 00:36:30
Debbie Gibson/ Tiffany Cat Fight!!!: 00:57:53
*Not including City scene at 1:04:00.