Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Aug 5, 1961 Wide
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Average Rating: 3/5
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Only loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story, this horror film was filmed on location in a spooky Italian castle and tells the convoluted story of a mad priest who devises exquisitely painful ways of getting his victims to confess to dabbling in witchcraft. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Aug 5, 1961 Wide
Mar 14, 2000
MGM
All Critics (9) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (4) | DVD (4)
Boring adaptation with no scares, no mood and no sex appeal (considering it's a form of sexual persecution)
Not bad, but I expected a lot more from Stuart Gordon.
Really underrated horror film from Stuart Gordon.
Schlock of a very fine vintage.
Charles Band takes on the classic 'Poe' tale here with help from a surprisingly good cast including Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs and a small cameo from Oliver Reed!This film is combination of three classic 'Poe' tales which aren't that bad but as you would expect pretty cheap n cheerful looking at times. There is an
December 22, 2011Super Reviewer
Hardly the Vincent Price film, this "remake" is by the "Re-animator" team and, as such, is fabulously gory and full of black humour.
June 23, 2007Super Reviewer
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