Film Review
Definitely
not one of the
better examples of the slasher movie genre, even if it is competently
directed by Michael Armstrong, the man who would subsequently helm the
cult classic
Mark of the Devil
(1970). With its risible dialogue (which appears to have been
written by a computer with a very limited appreciation of normal human
speech patterns) and stupendously idiotic plot,
The Haunted House of Horror now
feels like an intended parody of its genre, so excruciatingly bad in
places that it is actually quite hilarious.
The late sixties saw
a spate of low budget slasher films of this kind, although most were
pale imitations of Hitchcock's
Psycho. Consequently,
there is absolutely no surprise when you learn that the mystery killer
is the character who most resembles Anthony Perkins. The only
really frightening thing about this film are the costumes and the
haircuts. They truly are the stuff of nightmares. Did
people
really once walk
around London in broad daylight looking like that...?
© James Travers 2010
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Film Synopsis
To perk themselves up after a flagging party, a group of swinging young
Londoners head off for a deserted house which has a reputation for
being haunted. When one of their number is savagely murdered, the
others agree to bury him in the countryside so that no one will suspect
them of killing him. A few days later, the friends agree to
return to the house, at night, to recreate the circumstances of their
first visit in an attempt to lure the killer out into the open.
With predictable results...
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