Monday, June 22, 2020

Movie review - "Tower of Evil" (1972) **

One of the films from producer Richard Gordon who I have a soft spot for because he was such a film buff. This is at heart an old fashioned people in a haunted house movie - specifically The Old Dark House, there's even a madman in the attic -, jazzed up with nudity, violence, sex, talk of masturbation, implied oral sex, etc.

The house is on an island but it's all shot in a studio. Interesting cast including Deryck Fowlds, Jill Haworth from Cabaret, Jack Watson, Bryant Halliday, Robin Askwith in a dubbed American accent, Aussie actor with a beard Mark Edwards (whose face doesn't seem to have expression - he was in Blood from the Mummy's Tomb).

It's not particularly well directed, but has some spooky moments.  The director seems to linger over the bare asses of the men as much as the nude women.

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