You don't grow old in the "House of Fear" - nerve-racking Giallo with Raf Vallone and Brad Harris
This Italian horror thriller by William Rose has now also been released on Blu-Ray as "Das Haus der Angst / The House of Fear". The bloody fun was produced by Dick Randall (1926-1996), a grand master of exploitation films.
After her release from prison, the attractive Margaret Bradley (Daniela Giordano) doesn't really know what to do with the rest of her life. Through the intervention of the lovely social worker Alicia Songbird (Rosalba Neri), the stricken woman finds accommodation in the luxurious house of Mrs Grant (Giovanna Galletti) and her somewhat strange son Frank (Angelo Infanti). Margaret soon begins to notice a few things strange. She dreams of a beautiful girl in chains (Carla Mancini) and has to keep cleaning up a strange blood stain. Strange! The young girl is particularly frightened by the presence of Messrs. Dreese (Raf Vallone) and Johnson (Frank Latimore), who keep appearing near the house.
There she meets the charming Jack Whitman (John Scanlon), whose sister lived in room 2a before her and apparently committed suicide, which Jack doesn't really believe. Margaret is soon in bed with the strong-armed young man, which doesn't go unnoticed by Frank, who is secretly in love with the fallen beauty. Margaret and Jack begin - after doing extensive mattress sports - to research the background to his sister's suicide. They visit Jack's ex-brother-in-law Charlie (Brad Harris), who had a lot to do with the deceased's slide and is already ready for the next feast for the eyes. Even if Jack can't forgive his ex-brother-in-law for everything yet... you never know what you could use such a powerful bully for!
The secret is finally revealed in a beautiful villa in the countryside, which turns out to be the headquarters of a gang of Satanists, who immediately set about their bloody work to kill the sinful Maria (Karin Schubert, born in Hamburg in 1944, who can also be seen in "Alle für einen...Prügel für alle / Alle for one...beating for all" and "Zwei Schlitzohren in der gelben Hölle / Two rascals in the yellow hell") to turn off the light of life. In order to spare his lovely Margaret this fate, Jack once again has to rely on the help of the extremely strong Charlie, who then immediately beats some of the nasty villains to a pulp. Will the two warriors succeed in unmasking the heads of the Satanist gang...?
The nice thing about this giallo is that it's really wonderfully bloody. As with most Gialli, the plot is less noteworthy. The performance of Raf Vallone (1916-2002) is wonderfully successful. He is a little older, but still the virile Latin lover of old (with Simone Signoret in "Therese Raquin" and with Maria Schell in "Rose Bernd") can bring to mind. Seeing Brad Harris (1933-2017) in a giallo is a bit unusual. But you need him in the hearty fights with the masked sadists. So the numerous fans of the very popular Italian spanking films got their money's worth. Rosalba Neri, born in 1939, skilfully uses her experience in various films of the genre.
There's a lot on offer here for fans of the genre: lots of sex, lots of violence, good-looking stars and plenty of brawls with Brad Harris!
That's fun!
This Italian horror thriller by William Rose has now also been released on Blu-Ray as "Das Haus der Angst / The House of Fear". The bloody fun was produced by Dick Randall (1926-1996), a grand master of exploitation films.
After her release from prison, the attractive Margaret Bradley (Daniela Giordano) doesn't really know what to do with the rest of her life. Through the intervention of the lovely social worker Alicia Songbird (Rosalba Neri), the stricken woman finds accommodation in the luxurious house of Mrs Grant (Giovanna Galletti) and her somewhat strange son Frank (Angelo Infanti). Margaret soon begins to notice a few things strange. She dreams of a beautiful girl in chains (Carla Mancini) and has to keep cleaning up a strange blood stain. Strange! The young girl is particularly frightened by the presence of Messrs. Dreese (Raf Vallone) and Johnson (Frank Latimore), who keep appearing near the house.
There she meets the charming Jack Whitman (John Scanlon), whose sister lived in room 2a before her and apparently committed suicide, which Jack doesn't really believe. Margaret is soon in bed with the strong-armed young man, which doesn't go unnoticed by Frank, who is secretly in love with the fallen beauty. Margaret and Jack begin - after doing extensive mattress sports - to research the background to his sister's suicide. They visit Jack's ex-brother-in-law Charlie (Brad Harris), who had a lot to do with the deceased's slide and is already ready for the next feast for the eyes. Even if Jack can't forgive his ex-brother-in-law for everything yet... you never know what you could use such a powerful bully for!
The secret is finally revealed in a beautiful villa in the countryside, which turns out to be the headquarters of a gang of Satanists, who immediately set about their bloody work to kill the sinful Maria (Karin Schubert, born in Hamburg in 1944, who can also be seen in "Alle für einen...Prügel für alle / Alle for one...beating for all" and "Zwei Schlitzohren in der gelben Hölle / Two rascals in the yellow hell") to turn off the light of life. In order to spare his lovely Margaret this fate, Jack once again has to rely on the help of the extremely strong Charlie, who then immediately beats some of the nasty villains to a pulp. Will the two warriors succeed in unmasking the heads of the Satanist gang...?
The nice thing about this giallo is that it's really wonderfully bloody. As with most Gialli, the plot is less noteworthy. The performance of Raf Vallone (1916-2002) is wonderfully successful. He is a little older, but still the virile Latin lover of old (with Simone Signoret in "Therese Raquin" and with Maria Schell in "Rose Bernd") can bring to mind. Seeing Brad Harris (1933-2017) in a giallo is a bit unusual. But you need him in the hearty fights with the masked sadists. So the numerous fans of the very popular Italian spanking films got their money's worth. Rosalba Neri, born in 1939, skilfully uses her experience in various films of the genre.
There's a lot on offer here for fans of the genre: lots of sex, lots of violence, good-looking stars and plenty of brawls with Brad Harris!
That's fun!