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It became very apparent to me from the beginning that this low budget horror film catered to an audience that liked to watch gorgeous women being cut, tortured, bled to death, and civilians of both sexes getting their skulls crushed. Unlike most films of this nature, there wasn't an abundance of sex, which would have upped the shock to morbid desire rating a notch or two. But nevertheless, the graphic highlight of this film is a painstakingly detailed 3 to 4 minutes of four young damsels in distress having their throats slashed open by Naschy and Helga.
The blood flows freely in this scene, after a brief period of hyperventilation by the victims as their heads are being pulled to one side so their jugulars can be slit. Then come the guttural screams as red crimson flows down the front of their chests and expire while they are still chained to the wall. This is more repulsive then horrifying, since their near lifeless bodies don't convulse, and the whole incident is just one big mess.
Add to this mixture a lame resurrection scene, a few crushed skulls and the demise of the mummy by fire no less, and what you have is a flick that should have died in flames like the mummy. The shocking attempt at gore in this one can't make up for the weak storyline. Don't watch this one after dinner, especially if it's spaghetti smothered in red sauce.
score 4/10
tropico_sunsplash 1 August 2006
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