Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Rainey Dawn The casting is super: Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Michael Gough and Barbara Steele!! The atmosphere most of the time eerie & strange but some of it is rather over the top (the parties). It's something about this story that is lacking, rather dry - very drab. For me, this is not one of Tigon's better horror films. It is a watchable film just doesn't have what it takes to really bring me deeply into the story.It's your basic witch queen and devil worshiping cult type of film - it really needed something to make this film stand out more, I just don't know what. Maybe it was needing a bit more mysterious scenes or more bizarre characters? I like the film - but it's not a favorite.7/10

trig6 I saw this movie when I was an adolescent, and I remember it made quite an impression on me Witchcraft movies were the rage in the wake of "Rosemary's Baby." I was fascinated by the subject, and I would get my mother to take me to many of these movies. I loved this movie back then, and after viewing it recently, I still like it. I agree with the consensus on the cult aspects of the movie, the bizarre S/M costumes, atmospheric quality, etc., and all of these aspects, including the trio of horror movie vets, make the movie entertaining.However, I feel that I should put a word in for Mark Eden. Mr. Eden made quite an impression on me when I first saw the movie, especially in the scence in which he removes his pajama top. I thought he brought a strong, masculine presence to the movie, and I didn't find him bland in any way. I think his performance still holds up, and I am sorry that he did not appear in more movies.

Boba_Fett1138 This movie is disappointing for numerous reasons. It's a disappointing entry within its genre, that besides is a waste of its impressive cast.This is a late British horror movie, of the more old fashioned sort. The sort of horror that started off during the '50's and got made big by mostly the Hammer studios. The sort of horror that is not always too well written and not with the most impressive sets or budget behind it but horror with an always great atmosphere and distinctive style to it, which often made them a true pleasure to watch.You could tell that the era was nearing its end and was more or less over already. This movie is more consistent with other British horror movies from the late '60's, which often focused on the far more psychological horror aspects, rather than old school gore and scares. It's something you could more refer to as Gothic horror. Boris Karloff actually played in quite a lot of movies like this, near the end of his career.And this movie actually was one of last ones. He died one year after the release of it and it was also quite sad to see how he had to play his role entirely in a wheelchair because of his declining health. Still he is one of the highlights of the movie. Not too many people know it but Karloff was actually one fine, great actor, who was capable of way more than just playing the Frankenstein monster.Of course it was also great to see him act along sides other great horror icons, such as Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele and Michael Gough. But it's not like their roles are that great really. The story is also not very consistent with any of its characters. Sometimes they disappear out of the story completely for a too long time.And here is one of the biggest problems of the movie; its story. It's a quite messy one really, that besides is lacking in some real good tension or mystery. The movie remains barely interesting enough to keep watching, which is still mostly thanks to its compelling actors, who still of course have some great screen presence. And the real horror lover will of course still get a kick out of it, seeing the likes of Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee interacting and doing a scene together. This alone should be reason enough for them to go and watch this movie.However let me just warn you by saying that the movie itself isn't much good really.5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

bob the moo When Robert Manning doesn't hear from his brother for some time, he sets off to look for him to make sure he is alright. He travels to a remote country house where his brother was staying when he last was in touch with Robert. He finds a strange place with relaxed young people engaging in ceremonies and two older men living out their years as country gents (Morley and Prof Marsh). The place does have a slightly odd feel to it but that is so often the way with such isolated places and Robert puts this out of his mind with the help of Morley's attractive and bubbly niece Eve. The mystery of his brother's location remains though and for some reason Robert has started having very odd dreams.A strange affair this film. Like many others I was attracted to this by the top billing given to Karloff and Lee, hoping that it would be a classic horror worthy of their names. What it actually is though is a rather dated 1960's British horror movie that has a simple mystery plot spiced up with the star names, bits of nudity, drug use, young people and so on. As a total product its main value comes from being a curio piece rather than anything else as it doesn't actually thrill, scare, mystify or really even engage all that much. It isn't awful by any means but it is just the type of British horror movie that one feels was pushed out for the sake of making it as one of countless others – sure nobody pretends it is that good, but at least we're still making them. It is helped by the weird atmosphere that makes it at least distinctive. The colourful lights, the use of colour as part of the Gothic rather than the shadow I thought worked reasonably well, but these are not enough.The story does drag a bit as it has little to offer and it is hard to escape the feeling that 1960's material of drugs and kids have been added along with certain S&M-inspired design in the dream sequences to give the film a feeling of freshness and originality. If it worked back then it doesn't really now as I just felt like these were slotted in regardless of the film – just to get this effect. The two lead names are both reasonably good – nothing to really get their teeth into but they are both still good presences and seem to enjoy themselves. If only the former could be said of Eden, who looks and acts more like someone who should be doing TV adverts of the period – not leading such a film. But I suppose, in his defence, he is the type of person that often lead this type of film while the "stars" were in the darker roles rather than being narrative devices such as Robert. Steele is weirdly sexual as the witch while Wetherell doesn't really have the looks or charisma to be a good person for the Eve character.It is not awful though and that is worth repeating since I have pointed out lots of weakness without a lot of praise going back the other way. It does have a weirdly dated feel to it that is quite nice, while the star names are a massive draw for any fan – just a shame that ultimately it is quite straightforward and seems to have been made with a certain amount of "production line" mentality. A curio piece then that has some entertainment value but is not what the Karloff/Lee banner would make you hope for.