View Single Post
  #48347  
Old 1st December 2018, 06:30 PM
Paul Zombie's Avatar
Paul Zombie Paul Zombie is offline
Seasoned Cultist
 
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Southport
Default

The Monster Club.

a horror writer(john Carradine) meets a vampire called Eramus( Vincent price) who takes him to a club full of strange monsters and shares with him three horror stories.
The first is a very well made and rather sad tale about two con artists who intend to rip off an eccentric rich chap who lives like a recluse in a big old house. but get more than they bargained for from a deadly power that he possesses. The second is the weakest in my opinion and a rather silly story about a boy who discovers that his dad(Richard johnstone from Zombie flesh eaters) is actually a vampire who is being hunted by a bunch of vampire hunters led by Donald pleasence. with the sexy Britt ekland starring as well. But the third tale is easily the best about a horror director(Stuart witman) who ends up in a creepy village whilst looking for a location for his next film and ends up fighting for his life from an army of ghouls. with Patrick magee as the spooky innkeeper. and with a nice soundtrack too.

probably not the best of Amicus anthologys, but it it still very entertaining with a nice mixture of creepiness and black comedy. some of the monster makeup in the actual club does however look very cheap and looks like they rented the outfits from a fancy dress shop. but the music throughout is actually rather catchy with an interesting stripper number and a kinky skeleton.
78 out of 100.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg monsterclub2big.jpg (96.0 KB, 3 views)
__________________
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/styles/full/public/image/beyond-the-1981-001-cinzia-monreale-and-dickie.jpg?itok=GxC4psdz
Reply With Quote