The plot itself has, of course, been done countless times since the beginning of film: a group of celebrities spend a night in a castle with a bad reputation and a dubious history. Of course, once they are safely locked in for the night, the killing begins. Various secret passages and spyholes, a surly owner and a lurking servant who looks more like a sailor than a butler complete the stereotype. As an example of the genre, _The Crimson Executioner_ doesn't really offer anything that stands out, apart from some creative innovations in the field of torture. Comic relief comes from the ineffectual weakling photographer and from the Executioner himself, who looks, in the words of Des Mangan (Australian cult movie fanatic) like a 'condom full of walnuts' and who has some of the most over the top and (probably unintentionally) hilarious lines you're likely to hear.
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