Another in the series of mostly-forgotten "haunted house" genre flicks, made for Italian television in 1989. This one is directed by former genre master Umberto Lenzi, who hasn't, it seems, lost his touch for delivering some unexpected scenes of gratuitous gore, a few effective shocks, and plenty of cheesy Italo style. The plot is total rubbish, of course, and the acting is equally bad. This is primarily a film to appeal to genre fans who know what to expect: a few, choice moments of gore to liven up the otherwise predictable proceedings. Much of the film consists of the boring characters being chased round a house by a variety of lost souls, including an old woman, a mute man, a Tibetan monk (!), and plenty of other fun bits. Spiders show up to menace a kid, music and a plot device is stolen from DEMONS, and Lenzi seems to be enjoying himself here.
The film is fairly gory in its depiction of a series of beheadings, the highlight being where the annoyingly obnoxious little kid loses his noggin in a washing machine, of all places! The dumb waiter decapitation is the only worthwhile shock the film offers, although some other scenes are handled very well on a low budget (the dream/nightmare opening sequence and the finale, where the lost souls mass to attack the living, in particular). Hardly a great movie, but Italian fans should know what to expect from these.
The film is fairly gory in its depiction of a series of beheadings, the highlight being where the annoyingly obnoxious little kid loses his noggin in a washing machine, of all places! The dumb waiter decapitation is the only worthwhile shock the film offers, although some other scenes are handled very well on a low budget (the dream/nightmare opening sequence and the finale, where the lost souls mass to attack the living, in particular). Hardly a great movie, but Italian fans should know what to expect from these.