Kenny Everett

Pamela Stephenson

Vincent Price

Gareth Hunt

Don Warrington

John Fortune

Sheila Steafel

John Stephen Hill

Cleo Rocos

Graham Stark

Pat Ashton

David Lodge

Davilia O'Connor

Debbie Linden

Tim Barrett

Oscar Quitak

Ellis Dale

Barry Cryer

Anna Dawson

Gordon Rollings

Jack Le White

Ray Cameron

Brian West

Laurence Myers

Mike Moran

Dusty Miller

Stuart D. Donaldson

Sue Whatmough

Brian Tagg

Mark London

John Downes

John Sunderland

Dennis Fruin

Judy Summers

Ken Baker

Peter Bennett

David M. Bosley

Paul Vachon

Chris Munro

Cheryl Lea

Jill Dodds

Paul Taylor

Peter Turner

Monica Rogers

Nick Pearson

David Farrell

Bob Cross

Andy Nelson

John Rogers

Eric Allwright

Jo Hallam

Lynda Levy

John Ignatius

Elaine Bowerbank

George Boner

Ray Tranter

Heather Armitage

John Maskall

John Stevenson

Marcus Thompson

Ron Holmwood

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Bloodbath at the House of Death

Wildwood Productions

United Kingdom

English

mass murder

serial killer

slasher

mansion

satanic cult

scientists

Was intrigued by this based on the cover but found this spoof of the supernatural horror genre to be more of a bore and terribly unfunny. There were a couple neat camera tricks but I could not wait for this to end. At least the picture and audio of Vinegar Syndrome's Blu-ray were top-notch... **1.0/5**

**_R-rated early 80s’ horror spoof with Brit humor_**

Several years after 18 people die at a cursed manor in England, six diverse researchers go there to investigate the mysterious goings-on.

“Bloodbath at the House of Death” came out the same year (1984) as another horror comedy featuring a group of paranormal investigators, “Ghostbusters,” but this is more akin to “High Spirits,” which debuted four years later. Unlike those flicks, this is more of a spoof, and R-rated at that, with silly references to “Carrie,” “The Shining,” “Alien,” “An American Werewolf in London,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “The Invisible Man” and “The Legend of Hell House,” amongst others, like “Jaws,” “Star Wars,” on and on.

Some jokes work well enough while others fall flat with critics arguing that the movie is a bore and guilty of “the crime of attempted comedy.” Yet you can’t beat Vincent Price in his old age (72 years-old during shooting), who has about five scenes in the first hour and a memorable sendoff. Meanwhile blonde Pamela Stephenson and brunette Cleo Rocos are highlights on the feminine front, although they’re underused.

I’ve heard it said that the various slayings and gory bits are very “disturbing,” which I suppose would be true for children. It’s obvious to teenagers and adults, however, that the entire flick is a joke and so you just laugh with the bloody mayhem. Anyone who takes it seriously needs to visit the psych ward. That said, there are a couple of effectively creepy moments, such as the manifesting of the body replacements.

It runs 1 hour, 32 minutes, and was shot at Northaw Place and Northaw and Cuffley, just north of London in Hertfordshire, as well as Potters Bar, which is southwest of there.

GRADE: B-

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Written by JPV852 on Fri Nov 29 2024

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