A Tigon quickie perfunctorily directed by veteran Vernon Sewell and boasting an absolutely ludicrous monster. Originally intended for Basil Rathbone, the role of the mad entomologist instead (probably on the strength of his earlier role for Riccardo Freda as the horrible Dr Hichcock) instead went to Robert Flemyng; a puzzling fact since Peter Cushing - who here plays the inspector scratching his head at the source of the succession of corpses that keep crossing his path - was by far a more obvious candidate for the role.
The scariest feature of the film is probably the ghoulish comic relief supplied by Roy Hudd; while the beauty of Wanda Ventham provides it with it's reason to exist.
The scariest feature of the film is probably the ghoulish comic relief supplied by Roy Hudd; while the beauty of Wanda Ventham provides it with it's reason to exist.