Bloodbath at the House of Death [1984]
Country: UK
Year: 1984
Director: Ray Cameron
Stars: Kenny Everett (Dr. Lukas Mandeville), Pamela Stephenson (Dr. Barbara Coyle), Vincent Price (Sinister Man), Gareth Hunt (Elliot Broome), Don Warrington (Stephen Wilson), John Fortune (John Harrison), Cleo Rocos (Deborah Kedding)
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Henry: “I suppose a fork's out of the question?”
Deborah: “Not necessarily but let's have dinner first”
And that probably sums up the whole film in a short conversation. As I was watching it (while sitting at my desk at work eating lunch), it felt weird that it wasn't fifteen years ago (back in the days of only 4 channels!) and I wasn't watching it on my tiny little twelve-inch television in my bedroom in the middle of the night. Total weirdness! A bunch of scientists are sent to Headstone Manor to investigate creepy goings-on that have occurred since 18 guests were killed in a single night years earlier. Meanwhile a group of Satanic monks (led by the ever-marvellous Vincent Price in seriously sardonic form) who usually use the place plot to kill the scientists inhabiting the 'Master's' house!
This film just provoked such crazy nostalgia in me. I kinda wish I had seen it years ago because it's not really aged well and I'd have probably enjoyed it more back then. Having said that, I did enjoy it and all it's madness, puns and cheesy jokes. It's just good fun, bloody and with a cast clearly up for the gags. Plus someone has sex with a poltergeist and someone else gets killed being sucked into a toilet. It's very silly - recommended for fans of the “Carry On...” films as well as Kenny Everett fans.
Reviewer - @helen_of_horror
Bloodbath at the House of Death Trailer
Movie Spoiler - If you want to know the ending of the film.
