I first saw this on a vhs in the mid 90s. Revisited it recently.
The movie hasn't aged well.
The acting by Combs and Crampton is good. They are convincing as the couple breaking up.
Stuart Gordon managed to create a gory and gothic horror tale. Gordon makes good use of the castle's ominous atmosphere and he also gets wonderful performances from his cast but the scare factor is missing.
The gore is too much, breasts are bitten off, eyes are gouged out, thumb bitten off, vagina bitten off, body being whipped to death by iron chains, cat been devoured, etc.
But the problem with the movie is its story n lack of tension n suspense. Also the body count ain't that high. The freak is one of the most frightening monsters but he is as much a victim as a villain. Sometimes u feel pity for it.
Also ther r too many flaws, i mean how could the freak survive for so long after being chained n locked up. Nonetheless, a one time watch considering the director n the lead actors.
Review of Castle Freak
