This horror comedy is like a cheap, irritating soap opera with some gore.
After his death, Christopher Dean's (John Carradine) adult sons, daughters, and servants gather in his mansion for the reading of the will. His attorney plays a tape with the old man's voice saying his children and servants will all be eligible for part of his fortune if they stay in the house for a week.
All the characters are annoying and dysfunctional. One of the servants (Igor . . . played by Buck Kartalian!) enjoys being beat with a cane (he has purple bruises and scars on his back). Another character says, "A kraut stuck a bayonet in me, so I made a lamp out of him." His room is decorated with Nazi memoribilia, including the skull lamp!
Gore scenes include a decapitated head in the fridge, a dead body in a fish tank with most of the flesh eaten off, and a guy being stung to death by bees (his face is lumpy and bloody).
John Carradine is in the movie for only about 5 minutes. The rest of the movie is padded with scenes of B-Movie actors like Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, and Merry Anders bickering, conniving, and lamenting.
The ending is so stupid and annoying that you'll want to throw the DVD down on the pavement and jump on it with heavy boots. If you MUST watch it, you can find it in Mill Creek's DRIVE-IN CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK.
