Alberto Dalbes, Antonio Mayans, Evelyne Scott

After the unexpected death of a rich relative, the reading of his will brings a motley crew of greedy family members (including William Berger, Lina Romay and Evelyne Scott) to a mansion by the sea to...( read more  read more... ) collect. But when the cover of night falls, a mysterious evil reigns, and a dangerous maniac in a skull-shaped mask begins stalking them one by one. If any one of them survives until morning, he or she could be the estate's sole heir. …

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Unrated, 82 min.

Directed by: Jesus Franco

Release Date: December 31, 1976

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DVD Release Date: January 10, 2006

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  • September 14, 2006
    The old let's-all-get-together-and-go-to-our-dead-relatives-old-creepy-house-to-read-his-will-and-get-picked-off-one-by-one-by-a-masked-killer story is given some juice by Franco and a sexy turn by Romay (as always.)
  • May 3, 2007
    This is a more mainstream effort by shlockmeister Jess Franco and at less than 80 minutes sure doesn't overstay its welcome. I was mildly entertained, but don't think I will necessarily come back to it often. It's a bog standard murder mystery set in a more or less gothic colour ...( read more)environment.

    Let's face it, the mystery wasn't all that mysterious and you could smell the culprit a mile against the wind and some of the plot points were ridiculously convoluted. Oh, and it's based on an Edgar Allan Poe story.... or so it says.

    Nevertheless it was an average OK film with little out of the ordinary one way or the other. Somehow I prefer to see Franco succeed (and fail!) on his own terms.

    And I don't care what others say: Lina Romay is pot ugly and the unsexiest sex symbol ever created.
  • February 5, 2007
    How about Night of the Numbskull, cause that's probably how you'll feel once you see it

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