A few moments of entertainingly gooey effects... Otherwise, pretty boring.

It's a comforting feeling... Recognizing traits, themes and styles in a director you like.

Better (and slicker) than I expected. A slightly more grounded nightmareonelm rip, starring a star of nightmare 3.

first off... i've tried to watch this a few times in the past. until the recent kino bluray release, i'd never been able to get through the whole thing.

i'll say this, it's pretty good as a distillation of most high points in 70's bava... and should be watched (in the kino version) by anyone with a modicum of interest in italian, or gothic, horror.

also... the influence that this left on Dario Argento is so huge that i'm shocked i've never heard any comparisons between this and deep red (luliby, hatchet, childhood trauma, etc).