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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  The Monster Club (1981)
A final throw of the dice from Amicus kingpin Milton Subotsky. Although not an Amicus production, that company's and Subotsky's finger prints are all over it, sadly this anthology is a mere imitation of what came before. It was however something i enjoyed more second time around via the beautiful looking Network Blu-ray than i did when i saw it for the first time via dvd some five years back.
The wraparound story with Vincent Price as a vampire (the only time he played one) and John Carradine as author R. Chetwynd-Hayes is amusing but slight whilst the Monster Club setting only needed Christopher Lee in his horrendous Howling II shades and the all singing all dancing nightmare would be complete.
Of the three tales on offer The Shadmock, The Vampires and The Ghouls, only the latter shows any frightful promise as movie director Stuart Whitman scouts locations and comes across a small isolated village, reminiscent of City of the Dead's Whitewood. This is the only story told with any horrific verve although it has to be said the bureaucratic vampire killers - Donald Pleasence, Anthony Valentine and Neil McCarthy - are a delightful comedy team throughout the middle story. First offering The Shadmock is instantly forgettable other than the rotting corpse style payoff.
Undemanding fun. |
Good review Dem. I rather enjoyed The Monster Club the first time I watched it back in October. The last story is easily the best.
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