Castle of the Creeping Flesh (1968)
Day 30 of Sobriety. I was not expecting much from Castle of the Creeping Flesh , mainly because it has a reputation for being cheaply made, incomprehensible trash. Valid as those criticisms may be, I’m happy to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. The film has all the hallmarks of a typical Italian or Spanish “eurohorror” film of the period, but this one was actually made in Germany, directed by Adrian Hoven, better known to horror fan’s for producing Michael Armstrong’s gory witch-hunting film Mark of the Devil (1970). It was no surprise at all to learn that Jess Franco was involved in the writing, because if someone had told me that this was Jess Franco film shot in Germany, I would have easily believed them. It also features a few of Franco’s regular roster of actors. The plot involves a group of wealthy party-revelers who decide to spend the night in an ancient castle inhabited by the very eccentric Earl of Saxon (played by Franco regular Howard Vernon). The Earl’s...