Worst. Hammer. Ever.

Partially disagree. First 2/3 I found very traditional gothic Hammer horror, but a weak final third seriously let the film down. Yeah no "monster" per say, if you dont count the monster illness afflicting the son (& his horrible monsterish deeds).

Agreed not Hammer's finest hour but good interesting characters with good development, spooky atmosphere, hot lead vixen, great sets, good story momentum. Boring last 3rd until the final conclusion which provided some restotution for the plodding leading up to it.

On the other hand I started watching "The man who cheated death" last night.....now that is booooooring. One cool scene in the first 40 minutes then lots of slow plodding word heavy monotomy, switched off @ 40 minute mark, will attack it again soon.

I love hammer and amicus but this film was woeful. The chicks racks made up for it tho!

Oh dear...SO wrong.....beautiful,stylish,intelligent,absorbing,unusual,what the heck more do you want from a Hammer film?? One of their best efforts as far as I'm concerned,think you need to see this again!

It has the lush Gothic atmosphere and gorgeous women of others in the Hammer horror catalog, but the plot isn't interesting and there are no characters to sympathize with, except for maybe the Baron's daughter (the beautiful Gillian Hills) and the guy who comes to the castle to aid her. Unfortunately, Elizabeth is too zoned-out to care about and the guy is a secondary character.

So, overall, it's a mediocre Hammer flick, but it's hardly the "worst ever." For that, try maybe the lame "The Mummy" (1959) with its horrible Egyptian "outdoor" sets and stultifyingly dull Egyptian rituals & citations of sacred scrolls. Or, for non-horror entries, check out the horrible "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" (1970) or, even worse, the laughable "Prehistoric Women" aka "Slave Girls" (1967).

i haven't seen it