Bloodbath at the House of Death (1983)
Scientists Kenny Everett and Pamela Stephenson along with several others stay at the secluded mansion, Headstone Manor, where 18 people were killed one night some years before by a satanic cult.
I've always been up in the air about Bloodbath at the House of Death and last night was no different. Some of it is sublime - death by can opener, having Vincent Price cussing, Cleo Rocos and the mole, Pamela Stephenson in general and the various movie pastiches - "I guess i'll never see you again", yet i've never felt the story in general offers enough to be involving.
Price and his satanic cult seems barely an afterthought, no tension is built up to their arrival and it's all a bit flat in the horror aspects a few grizzly murders aside so it's lucky the comedy and subtle one liners make up for it.
Having said all that i do get the feeling it grows in stature with each viewing as i much preferred it last night than the other two airings it's had.
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