Bloody Pit of Horror(1965) Movie Review

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Bloody Pit of Horror is a 1965 horror movie directed by Massimo Pupillo and starring Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi and Luisa Baratto.

The film begins with a man called the Crimson Executioner. He is going to be executed and he swears revenge. He is put into a box with spikes and he dies. There is a seal placed on the box. His castle is where his evil deeds were performed. Years pass and the castle is abandoned. Some people come to see it. They look around. They are there because they are going to take photographs there. The owner is Travis Anderson(Hargitay) and he agrees to their taking pictures in his castle. The group are a writer called Rick(Brandi), the publisher, Mr. Parks, Edith(Baratto), who is his assistant, the photographer, Dermott and some models.

One of them gets killed in an accident. Others start to die when they see a man with a red hood. Travis talks to the group and he tells them about the Crimson Executioner and what happened. He tells them that he came to the castle for solitude. He sees Edith and he is drawn to her. The group find an iron maiden and they open it, only to find one of the models in it. She is dead. They realise the first death was no accident. Rick sends Dermott to get help. It turns out that Travis and Edith were engaged in the past. He was an actor. He disappeared from the public eye. Rick and Edith find one of the models caught in a web and a spider is coming for her. They can't save her. Rick tells Edith to escape. She and one of the others try to get out. Rick gets knocked out by a henchman.

Travis and Edith talk and he informs her that he is the Crimson Executioner reborn. He is evil. Dermott is dead. Rick is being tortured but he escapes. He fights the henchman. Edith tells Rick that Travis has the remaining group in the dungeon. More of them die. Travis takes Edith and ties her up. He is going to burn her. Rick appears and there is a scuffle. Travis gets impaled on his own poisoned trap. Rick frees Edith and they leave.

This is a fun film. There isn't too much in the way of scares of course. It has a decent cast and the story is okay. This is a cheaply made film but that doesn't really matter if you don't expect too much. I will give this a 4/10.

Eye of the Cat(1969) Movie Review

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Eye of the Cat is a 1969 horror movie directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicut and Eleanor Parker.

The film begins with a lady, Danielle(Parker), being followed by a cat. She is unwell and the cat is watching. She goes to the hairdresser and she has a funny turn due to her bad health. Her stylist, Kassia(Hunnicut) calls her nephew, Wylie(Sarrazin). They decide to kill the aunt for her money. Kassia wants half of the money that Wiley receives. Kassia will do the deed when the time comes. Wiley has a fear of cats as he had a bad experience when he was a baby. A cat jumps at him and he throws it off and ends up electrocuting it. He has a brother, Luke who lives with the aunt. Wiley goes to visit her. She is surrounded by loads of cats. Wiley runs off.

Later, he meets his aunt in the park and they chat. He tells her that he doesn't like the cats. She is going to leave her money to the furry moggies. She eventually agrees to get rid of the cats so he isn't afraid. She treats Luke like dirt. All of the cats are lured into a car and Luke takes them away. Kassia says that she will stay in the aunt's house. Danielle is going to change her will and leave her money to Wiley. A solicitor arrives to deal with the will. One cat is left in the house. Wylie asks the solicitor questions about the will. Luke meets Kassia. Kassia isn't very impressed with Wylie's behaviour. Kassia is attacked by Wylie's ex. He thinks that it is funny.

The cat pays a visit to Danielle. She realises that all of her cats have returned. She spots Wylie and Kassia together. She hears them talk about killing her. The cat is watching. Danielle signs the will. Her wheelchair malfunctions. The cat comes along and it pushes her down the hill. Luke saves her. Kassia wants to see the will. Wylie sees the cats and he thinks that they are there to protect his aunt. Kassia sneaks into the aunt's room and gets a look at the will. She is ready to kill Danielle. The cat stops her. She sees all of the kitties entering the house. They crawl all over Wylie. He shuts down from fear. It turns out that Luke and Kassia are in it together. She tells Luke that the cat stopped her from killing Danielle. He says he will do it.

Luke takes Wylie down to the cellar. Kassia is getting some meat to distract the cats but she gets covered in blood. The kitties want some human meat and they chase her causing her to fall to her death. Luke tries to kill the aunt. Wylie regains his senses. He hides the aunt from luke who shut off her oxygen. Wylie confronts Luke and his aunt. He isn't afraid of cats anymore. He decides to leave and Danielle and Luke are left in the house with the cats.

This film was enjoyable but there wasn't much to it. It was a bit light. It could have been more suspenseful. The ending wasn't the best, either. I did like all of the cats of course but they are not evil or anything, as they are always portrayed in these movies. The cats were the good guys!This film is definitely worth a look and I will give it 5/10.