Incense for the Damned (1970)
In truth,
Incense for the Damned is a total mess, but a total mess with some good ideas. Directed and then disowned by Robert Hartford-Davis, a director i admire from his films
The Black Torment (1964),
Corruption (1968),
School for Unclaimed Girls (1969) and
The Fiend (1972), his name doesn't appear on the credits, nor as a pseudonym, and when you watch the film you can see why.
It's a film that treats vampirism as a sexual perversion as a young woman searches for her lover, a university student who is seduced into a satanic cult on a Greek island. The film sports a fine cast including Patrick Macnee, Peter Cushing, Edward Woodward, Imogen Hassall, Patrick Mower and Johnny Sekka but pretty much wastes all of them. The film's production was a troubled affair with much of it shot on Cyprus which gives it a unique feel, however money ran out, scenes were dumped and the producers shot new scenes with new actors at a later date.
The odd thing is that i rather enjoyed it second time around. I knew what to expect and the sheer clumsiness of it all had a certain charm that kind of allowed me to have more fun with it this time around.
Full review on The Gothic Thread. https://www.cult-labs.com/forums/mem...tml#post520035