Wonderful (kitschy) atmosphere in yet another Hammer production. In the story and dialogues there's quite a few interesting ideas, more and more focusing on Margaret Fuchs and her sort of coming of age, and struggle with good and evil accordingly.
The last half hour doesn't really deliver though; some running up and down a forest and dialogues that stand in the way of horror and suspense. The very end, where Margaret is in a modern way embalmed and doomed to silence, is more funny (but not really, if you know what I mean) than anything else. Not what that fine first hour deserved.
The scene with the snake in the institution would have scared my socks off had I been younger, now it was just pretty good and atmospheric. There's also lots of gore, but especially the part with the bleeding arm was not very impressive.
All in all still a positive rating - really too bad about that final half hour.
The last half hour doesn't really deliver though; some running up and down a forest and dialogues that stand in the way of horror and suspense. The very end, where Margaret is in a modern way embalmed and doomed to silence, is more funny (but not really, if you know what I mean) than anything else. Not what that fine first hour deserved.
The scene with the snake in the institution would have scared my socks off had I been younger, now it was just pretty good and atmospheric. There's also lots of gore, but especially the part with the bleeding arm was not very impressive.
All in all still a positive rating - really too bad about that final half hour.