Everyone who is with this zine from the start knows my love for horror movies, horrorpunk and horror subculture. Here is one of the vintage horror movies from my collection that I have watched recently.

The story is almost classic: Young noble Charles Fengriffen and his wife Catherine marry and move to his old castle. On their wedding night Catherine gets attacked and raped by an invisible force. The strange events unravel around the castle and dead bodies pile up, and as the time for baby birth draws near, Catherine wonders…is she carrying demon child?

This movie has it all, the classic gothic story about the vengeful ghost, witchery and some gore as it was done in the 70-ies. If this was Italian horror by for example Lucio Fulci or similar authors, the gore scenes would surely be a lot more emphasized. This way, the movie heavily leans upon the atmosphere and the scary parts are shorter but more intense. From the viewpoint of modern horrror fans, this one looks ridicilous but from the point of Hammer horror fans or the fans of the movies like they were made back then this one is a decent flick.

The movie was directed by the experienced hand of Roy Ward Baker, known for other great horror movies of that time such as “Asylum”, “Monster Club” or “Vault of Horror”. The cast is awesome featuring horror movie legend Peter Cushing and also Herbert Lom and not to forget Patrick Magee or the beautiful Stephanie Beacham. If you are a fan of horror like this, you will love this one.