A mother (Yvonne Mitchell) and daughter (Sharon Gurley) hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch (Michael Gough).
What we have here is perhaps less of a horror story, and more of an odd story about women's liberation. A mother and daughter sort of team up against the father and his old-fashioned ways. Obviously, it has horror elements, but the titles "Corpse" and "Crucible of Horror" seem a bit extreme for this film.
Michael Gough, classic Hammer actor (now perhaps better known as Alfred Pennyworth), steals the show, just as he should... and I love him. What I could have done without was the use of psychedelic colors. I get it, this was the early 1970s, but still... what the heck?
What we have here is perhaps less of a horror story, and more of an odd story about women's liberation. A mother and daughter sort of team up against the father and his old-fashioned ways. Obviously, it has horror elements, but the titles "Corpse" and "Crucible of Horror" seem a bit extreme for this film.
Michael Gough, classic Hammer actor (now perhaps better known as Alfred Pennyworth), steals the show, just as he should... and I love him. What I could have done without was the use of psychedelic colors. I get it, this was the early 1970s, but still... what the heck?