I don't know how to rate this (see below). Certainly this is one of the all time bad movies. A the same time its also unintentionally funny (I least I think so, but I'm not sure since several actors seem to be laughing on screen). This is one of those movies thats so enjoyably bad as to make you wonder why Ed Wood is king of bad movies when there are others more deserving of the title.
This film is a collection of five short horror film introduced by John Carradine. Each one runs about the same amount of time and ends with a twist ending.
The first is The Witches Clock and concerns a clock left in a castle a young couple has just purchased. Carradine appears in this story as a traveler who shows up at the castle when the clock is restarted.
King Vampire is about a vampire on the loose in Victorian London thats hunted by the police.
Monster Raid concerns a man who was fed an immortality drug returning from the grave to get revenge.
Spark of Life has Lon Chaney as a doctor trying to return the dead to life.
Count Dracula is a fast retelling of the Dracula story with a twist ending.
They play as if EC comics Tales from the Crypt or Vault of Horror became bad TV shows. Worse are the twists that end every story since they come at point not where logic would dictate they should be, but rather where a strict running time demands they be.
The acting is uneven and bad, with only Carradine the only one turning in anything close to a performance. The sets are dreadful as is pretty much everything else. Best of all (?) the movie was recently released on DVD in full widescreen so that the film can now be seen in its full cinematic glory (and I use the term lightly).
If you like bad movies this is a film to search out. If you want an actual "good" movie then I suggest you look elsewhere.
For Bad Movie lovers: 8 out of 10 For those who need good movies: 1 out of 10
This film is a collection of five short horror film introduced by John Carradine. Each one runs about the same amount of time and ends with a twist ending.
The first is The Witches Clock and concerns a clock left in a castle a young couple has just purchased. Carradine appears in this story as a traveler who shows up at the castle when the clock is restarted.
King Vampire is about a vampire on the loose in Victorian London thats hunted by the police.
Monster Raid concerns a man who was fed an immortality drug returning from the grave to get revenge.
Spark of Life has Lon Chaney as a doctor trying to return the dead to life.
Count Dracula is a fast retelling of the Dracula story with a twist ending.
They play as if EC comics Tales from the Crypt or Vault of Horror became bad TV shows. Worse are the twists that end every story since they come at point not where logic would dictate they should be, but rather where a strict running time demands they be.
The acting is uneven and bad, with only Carradine the only one turning in anything close to a performance. The sets are dreadful as is pretty much everything else. Best of all (?) the movie was recently released on DVD in full widescreen so that the film can now be seen in its full cinematic glory (and I use the term lightly).
If you like bad movies this is a film to search out. If you want an actual "good" movie then I suggest you look elsewhere.
For Bad Movie lovers: 8 out of 10 For those who need good movies: 1 out of 10