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Haunted House of Horror..or The Film That Changed Frankie Avalon's Religion

Started by Deej, February 07, 2003, 09:01:46 PM

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Deej

Caught this one on cable yesterday. It was filmed in the late 60's and had to do with a series of knife murders centering on an old burnt out house. I went in with less than than high hopes, it starred Frankie Avalon and was rated PG, so I figured it would be light on good ole slashin' and heavy on Frankie. I was actually drawn in rather quickly. As I said, this is a product of the 60's, so that's unusual(not many slasher flicks around then) and it was set in England, which is also different. The cast was a group of young, hip, mod-types. The story is par for the slasher movie, bunch o cute kids go into a haunted house, one gets wasted, no way for someone else to be in the house at the time, murderer has to be one of us, hilarity ensues. I knew pretty much right off who the killer was. Think wide-tie, and trousers that would make David Decoteau blush. Still it was pretty well acted, and the ending was DEFINITELY a surprise!! I like to think of this as revenge for all the s**tty Beach Blanket movies, woohoo!

Everyone has potentially fatal flaws, but yours involve a love of soldiers' wives, an insatiable thirst for whiskey, and the seven weak points in your left ventricle.

DJ

Steven Millan

                 Really great to see that somebody other than myself actually admits to remembering this long-lost slasher favorite,which somebody needs to release onto DVD A.S.A.P. .

BoyScoutKevin

Well, here is another one who saw it. And when it was first released to the theaters.
Notable as a rare example of the British slasher, which is probably why you don't see many British slasher films.
Most memorable moment: the amount of blood Frankie vomits at the end.
Enjoy!