English soldiers are mysteriously being mauled to death near a rural military camp, meanwhile two elderly sisters have a very dark secret in the cellar of their country house.
This is probably one of the first colour horror movies that I watched back in the 1980'a and I have always had a degree of fondness for it ever since. I agree that the movie is very heavy on dialogue but Beryl Reid and Flora Robson do deliver great performances as the charmingly eccentric sisters. Although not as good this movie reminds me of Tower of Evil, together they would make a good double bill. I love British horror movies from this time, dominated by Hammer and Amicus,, Beast being a Tigon production. The deaths are pretty gory for the time, there is one tame sex scene, I liked the POV shots and there is some good suspense. Overall it is a rather sad but compelling melodrama come horror movie.
Review of The Beast in the Cellar
