Takes place in 1895 New England. Familiar script of a tyrannical old man dying and leaving instructions for his wife and children on how he is to be buried. Naturally they ignore them and, in his will, he promises to come back and destroy them. Soon a black-clad figure with a hat, cane and scarf covering his face starts killing everybody. Has the mean old man returned from the dead?
FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!! The script is old hat, the dialogue and script are terrible and all the acting is bad. Even Roy Scheider (in his first movie) and Candace Hilligoss (from "Carnival of Souls") are lousy. The gore effects are pretty terrible: we see a severed head, a man disfigured, a woman burnt to death and a man stabbed with a sword. The only killing that worked was a woman who is strangled to death while taking a bath. The glimpses of nudity are surprising in a 1964 movie (expect all TV prints to be edited).
The final revelation was no surprise at all. Also the background music never seemed to fit the scenes! I was fast-forwarding through this movie at the halfway mark just to get to the killings. It's paired with "Horror of Party Beach" which is so hysterically bad it's good. This however is just bad. A 1 all the way.
FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!! The script is old hat, the dialogue and script are terrible and all the acting is bad. Even Roy Scheider (in his first movie) and Candace Hilligoss (from "Carnival of Souls") are lousy. The gore effects are pretty terrible: we see a severed head, a man disfigured, a woman burnt to death and a man stabbed with a sword. The only killing that worked was a woman who is strangled to death while taking a bath. The glimpses of nudity are surprising in a 1964 movie (expect all TV prints to be edited).
The final revelation was no surprise at all. Also the background music never seemed to fit the scenes! I was fast-forwarding through this movie at the halfway mark just to get to the killings. It's paired with "Horror of Party Beach" which is so hysterically bad it's good. This however is just bad. A 1 all the way.