I'm going to have to admit that I really like this movie, mostly only because of Jack and Boris acting together (as well as Dick Miller), of course, which seems like some sort of odd, rare union of two different centuries of film-making.
The plot involves an old peasant woman who uses some sort of weird black magic (with a colorful kind of turning lantern set-up - which looks a bit too modern in my opinion) to take over the body and spirit of a young woman (who's history we learn nothing about from start to finish) and make her "haunt" the baron to drive him to suicide, as an act of revenge. However, the two weird twists thrown together near the end don't really belong here. On the one hand, it WASN'T the baron but the servant that killed your son, immediately followed by - but on the other hand, your son wasn't actually killed, but... ARGH! Like I said, the "twists" should have been left out!
The castle is nice and creepy, even though it is only a painting. Anything involving tombs and old corpses is always creepy in my opinion. I don't care what anyone else would say.
There is some sort of confusion regarding the girl's and the bird's true identities, and the on-going business about "there is no girl" gets quite silly at times. Who do they think they are fooling? I always wonder about that aspect of movie scenes. People can see and hear, right? I'm somewhat surprised that there wasn't an ongoing "there is no bird" routine. Heh.
There are quite a few silly lines to enjoy, like Jack (as André) saying "go ahead; it's permitted for you to laugh" and "no, not the bird, the GIRL..."
And look at the floating bricks, near the end, when the water is rushing in! Haha!
Silliest scene:
Helene: The crypt...it must be destroyed, and with it, the dead. André: Don't speak of the dead anymore. You're with me now. Helene: I am possessed of the dead. André: You're a warm, living woman. Who has told you these things? Helene: The dead...
6/10, only for Jack and Boris.
The plot involves an old peasant woman who uses some sort of weird black magic (with a colorful kind of turning lantern set-up - which looks a bit too modern in my opinion) to take over the body and spirit of a young woman (who's history we learn nothing about from start to finish) and make her "haunt" the baron to drive him to suicide, as an act of revenge. However, the two weird twists thrown together near the end don't really belong here. On the one hand, it WASN'T the baron but the servant that killed your son, immediately followed by - but on the other hand, your son wasn't actually killed, but... ARGH! Like I said, the "twists" should have been left out!
The castle is nice and creepy, even though it is only a painting. Anything involving tombs and old corpses is always creepy in my opinion. I don't care what anyone else would say.
There is some sort of confusion regarding the girl's and the bird's true identities, and the on-going business about "there is no girl" gets quite silly at times. Who do they think they are fooling? I always wonder about that aspect of movie scenes. People can see and hear, right? I'm somewhat surprised that there wasn't an ongoing "there is no bird" routine. Heh.
There are quite a few silly lines to enjoy, like Jack (as André) saying "go ahead; it's permitted for you to laugh" and "no, not the bird, the GIRL..."
And look at the floating bricks, near the end, when the water is rushing in! Haha!
Silliest scene:
Helene: The crypt...it must be destroyed, and with it, the dead. André: Don't speak of the dead anymore. You're with me now. Helene: I am possessed of the dead. André: You're a warm, living woman. Who has told you these things? Helene: The dead...
6/10, only for Jack and Boris.