The Murder Mansion Movie Review

Trailer here.

The Murder Mansion is a 1972 horror/thriller directed by Francisco Lara Polop and starring Analia Gade, Ida Galli and Andres Resino.

Fred(Resino) is on his motorbike driving along. He stops at a pub and he meets a girl called Laura(Lisa Leonardi) and she decides to go along with him. There is a woman- Elsa(Gade) who is also at the pub. She is waiting for her cheating husband, Ernest(Alberto Dalbes). Elsa is supposed to pick him up so they can sign some document. There is a couple who want it. Elsa ends up veering off the road. Fred and Laura meet a stranger on the road who gives them directions to a village. Elsa is wandering around and she sees shadows in the fog. She is scared and she runs. Fred and Laura end up crashing too. Elsa meets them and she says that someone is after her. The group seek shelter and come upon a large house. A lawyer and his wife are there along with another man who they had met on the road earlier.

Everyone is stranded there. A woman appears. She is Martha Clinton(Galli). It turns out that they are in an abandoned village. There is a weird chauffeur hanging around. Martha's aunt owned the house and left it to her. She tells them that there was a chauffeur working there but he died, along with the aunt. Elsa realises that she saw them in the cemetery. They hear a noise in the cellar and Fred wants to investigate. They all do and see scratches on the door.  People start to die . Fred goes down to the cellar and Laura joins him. He tells her that he found a crypt. Elsa wakes up and sees Martha who has changed into the old aunt and the chauffeur is outside. Are they ghosts?

Elsa runs down to the cellar and discovers dead bodies. Fred and Laura see Martha and the chauffeur. There is a fire in the cellar and everyone sees a dead body. Elsa is rescued by Fred. He wats to go to Milan but ends up creeping around outside instead. Elsa and Laura see the head of a dead woman and then they see Martha. There is something going on. Martha has been pretending to be her aunt. Fred gets hurt by the 'ghost' chauffeur. They have a fight. The chauffeur is in on the plan.  A man appears and shoots the baddies. He is Ernest who was in on the plan too. He wanted to drive Elsa insane. She already had a nervous breakdown and he wanted to send her back to the brink of insanity and get her money.Fred and Laura run for help. Elsa is left and she grabs the gun and shoots Ernest dead.

This was a weird movie, but there were plenty of twists and turns to keep you interested. I like a good mystery film and this one will keep you entertained if you don't mind the weirdness. I recommend it and I will give it a 5/10.