The best part of this film is the acid (no pun intended) critical treatment of the sixties thing. It shows so clearly that most of the 60s, that is remembered fondly as "rebellious", was actually commercially produced -- the posters, the clothes, the decadent lifestyle. A few people really went to communes, but the majority were just middle class and up consumers of styles that were being mass produced. The "music industry" was also in high gear already, manufacturing heroes for consumption like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Apparently, Quentin Tarantino is a fan of this film. An interesting time-capsule worth watching. Having Frankie Avalon in the cast makes the parody that much sharper.
One would have thought that after butchering Gary with the Gurkha knife, Richard would have been splattered by so much blood that the other's would most definitely have noticed...yet not a drop of blood on him. Also after he stabs Chris in his family jewels, he has only a small amount of blood on the side of his clothes that can be seen as he exists the house, yet the amount of blood gushing out like a fountain from a slaughtered Chris would most definitely have drenched him. The other oddity, was when Kellet went to look for the lighter. Did Richard spend his all of his time each full moon prowling the old house waiting for someone to come along? Or was Kellet just unlucky to randomly turn up to look for the lighter to find Chris waiting for him? Still, I'm just being picky, as it's a great British horror film from the 60's. Loved it! Thanks for the upload.
Although it is quite clearly tainted by a troubled (and much documented) production, this film retains flashes of bona fide Horror brilliance! There are at least two masterfully shot scenes here. The first is the killing of Gary (Mark Wynter) which is among the most brutal ever seen in a British production. It's somewhat akin to Janet Leigh's death in "Psycho" in that it's the unexpected killing of a character whom the director deliberately misleads the audience into thinking would be the star. The second standout scene is the exchange between Richard (Julian Barnes) & Chris (Frankie Avalon) where the former "tells a story" (which admitedly wasn't part of the director's original script) & we're then held in suspense as the knife which killed Gary earlier resurfaces from below the frame...but which of the two men is holding it? Watch this minor gem to find out!
After all Richard was a ghost or a killer and we saw earlier in the movie that the big knife moved by itself. I don't understand, I have some questions too
@@ApostolosKolivas the original title of the film was "The Dark". That may provide some answers as to the way the knife was shown earlier in the film as quite literally "moving in the dark". I honestly think that Richard was possessed by whatever was in the house which allowed him to move stealthily during the early kills. It was only during the final kill that he took full responsibility for himself & no longer needed to be possessed in order to act out his violent fantasies. Hence why we see him holding the knife. The possession brought forth what was already inside of him. Many stories of possession touch upon that. It's not that the entity makes their host do things out of character. It's that they feed upon their host's darkest impulses & exploit them.
I read that the original casting choice for the murderer in this film was a then unknown David Bowie. But his management told him to turn it down as playing a killer would be bad for his career.
Tigon who made this,also made Witchfinder General and Blood On Satan's Claw,two bona fide classics of the genre, the former starring Vincent Price,who had many run ins with director Michael Reeves during the making of the film,however he ultimately paid tribute to the young director for drawing one of his best performances from him.Reeves tragically died young in his early twenties from an accidental overdose of barbiturates
I would have to say this is an accurate portrayal of the styles, attitudes and the way we lived in the mid 60's. reminds me why as a kid i was willing to leave it all to become cannon fodder in a far off asian country of landless peasant farmers, who had a fascinating beautiful culture, and were bravely defending their way of life, and their homes, modest as they were.
10:03 Hey, it’s Dr. Lawrence Marwood Bingham from Doctor at Large/Doctor in Charge. Legend! 48:58 And there’s Colonel Pritchard from Dads Army. Another legend.
Continuity howler: At 9:32 Henry (Robin Stewart) is one of 2 people escorting Gary away from the pub to the party. At 10:38 we see them arrive at the flat with Peter opening the door: Henry & Peter helping Gary to an upstairs bedroom at 10:59. The problem is that before they arrive there is a scene in the flat at 9:46 with Chris, Sheila & Richard sitting together, and Henry is already in the flat sitting with them!!
Hello, good evening from Greece, almost three o'clock after midnight. I didn't understand one thing, after all was Richard a ghost or a killer or maybe a ghost killer?I also want to say that the movie was very good, the direction was excellent. The acting of the actors was wonderful and I also really liked the music in the movie And the sets and decorations in the movie were very nice like a good old movie. Thank you very much good night and have a nice, beautiful, wonderful and blessed weekend. Thanks ❤
Sixties fashions --- the BEST. How well I remember the white boots --- and the hair-pieces which never quite matched the colour of your own hair. Happy days -- TAKE ME BACK.
After all Richard was a ghost or a killer and we saw earlier in the movie that the big knife moved by itself. I don't understand, I have some questions too
11:56 That's 'Coronation Street's' Veronica Doran, who played Eddie Yeats' fiance/bride florist Marion Willis, in his last days as Hilda and Stan Ogden's lodger in 1983/'84.
I first saw this film years ago when I was a kid on TV very late one night. Funny really, what little I remember of it everything was in almost complete darkness.
This was initially intended to have Boris Karloff as a guest star and scenes with Frankie Avalon were added for American audiences after the film was completed.
That's very interesting. Maybe I read that wrong but am I right in thinking that an american was added to the film, so that americans could have an american in it to relate to, otherwise they wouldn't be able to watch a film peopled by non-americans? If so, that's wildly cute! ha ha ha ha. If not, cool - I like Frankie Avalon anyway.
@@NOWtheband They needed an American in it so bad. After all, it was American-International. I like Frankie, too and he made a good psycho killer in BLOODSONG.
just seen this for te first time and wow, he is chasing the woman round a dark house at NIGHT, along a dark stairwell, the moon goes behind a cloud and suddenly hi is scared of the dark
Not even in the ' it's so bad it's good ' category, lol. The majority of the budget must have been spent on gallons of Kensington Gore. And to think that as a young teen this kind of film would scare the bejaysus out of me.
Why is it when the gang all decided to go back to the house to retrace their steps and try to figure out what happened, they didn’t take Sylvia? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of recreating the night in question?
George Sewell Control freak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i do not know why I enjoy this film buy I do must be something to do with swinging 60s in London and Love and Peace is all around us until you go to dome old deserted old house in the country. Thanks for the upload and the memories.
44:15 - Or we locked someone in here with us! Black Christmas* (Xmas - remake) style, killer in the house all along!! *Also a good watch if you've not seen, a bit better than this, not that I've finished watching this yet! :D
Ghost can't kill you with a knife fact, so I think he lived in the house alone as the doors were all locked up like an animal i think his brother was made to treat his brother like that or he would be severely punished, i think his brother was locked in the house when it was left abandoned.
Fantastic cheese.Gory murder(for the time)Frankie Avalon too old even for these(ahem!)'teenagers'.Karloff meant for the police inspector role,but unwell.Director Armstrong wanted to make a cynical satire on selfish youth culture,but film taken from him,cut and additional scenes shot by Gerry Levy.He shot everything featuring George Sewell,which feels out of place(as does the song Responsibility,which seems at least a decade out of date!).
I say we go for a walk and take a bottle of whiskey and nuts with us and go to this deserted house and see if it really is haunted. And of course also to have Don't forget to take blankets and candles and also your enemy that when we leave, let's leave the enemies inside the house
So was his brother dead a ghost or did he escape from an asylum? he killed his parents & set the fire in the house to cover his crime & They locked him up in the dark, the killer his brother looks a bit like a young Chesney Hawkes I think so you're right about the blood on his clothes there would of been loads on him & up the walls & ceiling.
Billy Connolly's wife Pamela Stephenson (Linda) is in this, damn. She was also born in New Zealand, my home country (marely an observation). Typically cheesy flick, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Filmmaking as an art form was a lot different back then. Just because it’s cornier than you are used too doesn’t mean it’s bad. This was just how movies were made back then. I’m sure some movies now will be considered grade a cheese in the future. That’s the real fun of finding these old movies, though. You get a little look about what entertainment was like back then!
The best part of this film is the acid (no pun intended) critical treatment of the sixties thing. It shows so clearly that most of the 60s, that is remembered fondly as "rebellious", was actually commercially produced -- the posters, the clothes, the decadent lifestyle. A few people really went to communes, but the majority were just middle class and up consumers of styles that were being mass produced. The "music industry" was also in high gear already, manufacturing heroes for consumption like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Apparently, Quentin Tarantino is a fan of this film. An interesting time-capsule worth watching. Having Frankie Avalon in the cast makes the parody that much sharper.
One would have thought that after butchering Gary with the Gurkha knife, Richard would have been splattered by so much blood that the other's would most definitely have noticed...yet not a drop of blood on him. Also after he stabs Chris in his family jewels, he has only a small amount of blood on the side of his clothes that can be seen as he exists the house, yet the amount of blood gushing out like a fountain from a slaughtered Chris would most definitely have drenched him. The other oddity, was when Kellet went to look for the lighter. Did Richard spend his all of his time each full moon prowling the old house waiting for someone to come along? Or was Kellet just unlucky to randomly turn up to look for the lighter to find Chris waiting for him?
Still, I'm just being picky, as it's a great British horror film from the 60's. Loved it! Thanks for the upload.
I watched this film on UA-cam a few years ago, then it disappeared. Delighted to see that it's back! Thanks so much! :)
Although it is quite clearly tainted by a troubled (and much documented) production, this film retains flashes of bona fide Horror brilliance! There are at least two masterfully shot scenes here. The first is the killing of Gary (Mark Wynter) which is among the most brutal ever seen in a British production. It's somewhat akin to Janet Leigh's death in "Psycho" in that it's the unexpected killing of a character whom the director deliberately misleads the audience into thinking would be the star. The second standout scene is the exchange between Richard (Julian Barnes) & Chris (Frankie Avalon) where the former "tells a story" (which admitedly wasn't part of the director's original script) & we're then held in suspense as the knife which killed Gary earlier resurfaces from below the frame...but which of the two men is holding it? Watch this minor gem to find out!
After all Richard was a ghost or a killer and we saw earlier in the movie that the big knife moved by itself. I don't understand, I have some questions too
@@ApostolosKolivas the original title of the film was "The Dark". That may provide some answers as to the way the knife was shown earlier in the film as quite literally "moving in the dark". I honestly think that Richard was possessed by whatever was in the house which allowed him to move stealthily during the early kills. It was only during the final kill that he took full responsibility for himself & no longer needed to be possessed in order to act out his violent fantasies. Hence why we see him holding the knife. The possession brought forth what was already inside of him. Many stories of possession touch upon that. It's not that the entity makes their host do things out of character. It's that they feed upon their host's darkest impulses & exploit them.
@@SSS.1984 OKAY THANK U SIR
And good evening from Greece
you're talking utter drivel.
Great to hear the music, see the fashions, and cars of the 60,s and some famous faces, and the empty roads , the film wasn’t,t bad either
I read that the original casting choice for the murderer in this film was a then unknown David Bowie. But his management told him to turn it down as playing a killer would be bad for his career.
Wise move I reckon!
Wow, the picture is crisp & clear.
Very enjoyable movie.
You upload the BEST films ever. Thank you.
Enjoyed this tremendously. Certainly my era and a film I'd never seen before. Thanks a million.
Another little gem. Thank you 👏🏽
Tigon who made this,also made Witchfinder General and Blood On Satan's Claw,two bona fide classics of the genre, the former starring Vincent Price,who had many run ins with director Michael Reeves during the making of the film,however he ultimately paid tribute to the young director for drawing one of his best performances from him.Reeves tragically died young in his early twenties from an accidental overdose of barbiturates
I would have to say this is an accurate portrayal of the styles, attitudes and the way we lived in the mid 60's. reminds me why as a kid i was willing to leave it all to become cannon fodder in a far off asian country of landless peasant farmers, who had a fascinating beautiful culture, and were bravely defending their way of life, and their homes, modest as they were.
john gillon John!! How poignant. Would love to hear more of your story.
@@southernforestgypsy Guess he didn't want to tell it!
It was released in 1969, so probably that's why :)
Good channel with some great old films! Thanks for uploading!
Love the channel keep them coming .want more horror :)
Your channel is awesome, thanks for letting me subscribe!!
Brilliant! I've been hoping to see this again for ages!
Enjoyed that. Very good movie. I love all of them. Thanks for them.
LUCKY THERE WAS A MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE
Lucky the House was Blessed too!!
Was waiting for Sid James to pop up as the scary old man..
@@matjust5523 bet he was angry when Mike returned with his blood spattered fur waistcoat.
Eddie Yates ugly wife from cOronation Street.
wasn't it the man causing all the trouble ?
In that brief pre credit shot, it sounded like some Midnight Cowboy was havin' a good ol' time.
10:03 Hey, it’s Dr. Lawrence Marwood Bingham from Doctor at Large/Doctor in Charge. Legend!
48:58 And there’s Colonel Pritchard from Dads Army. Another legend.
The old British horrors are the best
The most atmospheric.
Great film enjoyed it immensely.
That was groovy! Keep them coming....
Brilliant horror movie, thank you for uploading
eh? did you watch it. it's utter shite.
The true horror was the acting !
That is so funny (and true). But isn't' that the charm of it?
Continuity howler: At 9:32 Henry (Robin Stewart) is one of 2 people escorting Gary away from the pub to the party. At 10:38 we see them arrive at the flat with Peter opening the door: Henry & Peter helping Gary to an upstairs bedroom at 10:59. The problem is that before they arrive there is a scene in the flat at 9:46 with Chris, Sheila & Richard sitting together, and Henry is already in the flat sitting with them!!
Must have an identically dressed twin brother 🤔good spot!👍
Hello, good evening from Greece, almost three o'clock after midnight. I didn't understand one thing, after all was Richard a ghost or a killer or maybe a ghost killer?I also want to say that the movie was very good, the direction was excellent. The acting of the actors was wonderful and I also really liked the music in the movie And the sets and decorations in the movie were very nice like a good old movie. Thank you very much good night and have a nice, beautiful, wonderful and blessed weekend. Thanks ❤
Great channel,so pleased I’ve found it.
First time I’ve seen this film around 1974 on a black & white tv, believe me it was scary ; it’s great to rewatch it in colour.
Why haven't I seen this before?? Brilliant stuff lol 😀😀😀😀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Sixties fashions --- the BEST. How well I remember the white boots --- and the hair-pieces which never quite matched the colour of your own hair. Happy days -- TAKE ME BACK.
After all Richard was a ghost or a killer and we saw earlier in the movie that the big knife moved by itself. I don't understand, I have some questions too
11:56 That's 'Coronation Street's' Veronica Doran, who played Eddie Yeats' fiance/bride florist Marion Willis, in his last days as Hilda and Stan Ogden's lodger in 1983/'84.
This was fab!
Love George Sewell. Great, and underrated actor.
He had a long and successful career in drama and comedy on the stage,film and tv.Never underrated.
Love this one
Super Film Dankeschön 😊 😊 👍 👍 👌 👌 👏 👏 👏
Thankyou x
I think the murder weapon was a Kukri? Used by the Gurkhas
I first saw this film years ago when I was a kid on TV very late one night. Funny really, what little I remember of it everything was in almost complete darkness.
this story has more holes in it than a string vest. I can't believe I sat through the whole film.
This was initially intended to have Boris Karloff as a guest star and scenes with Frankie Avalon were added for American audiences after the film was completed.
Awesome
That's very interesting.
Maybe I read that wrong but am I right in thinking that an american was added to the film, so that americans could have an american in it to relate to, otherwise they wouldn't be able to watch a film peopled by non-americans?
If so, that's wildly cute! ha ha ha ha.
If not, cool - I like Frankie Avalon anyway.
@@NOWtheband AIP was absolutely insistent upon it.
@@davidfarley7285 - Ha ha, amazing! That's wildly cute!
:-)
@@NOWtheband They needed an American in it so bad. After all, it was American-International. I like Frankie, too and he made a good psycho killer in BLOODSONG.
Thanks alot....
These boys girls have the courage to go out in the night but no courage to take decision
There's a big difference between courage and stupidity
Ooh haven’t seen this one before!
love the product placement ad for 'norvic' shoes @1.26. 54.
36:28, sure that mantle piece makes an appearance in Tony Tenser's other tour de force from 68, The Curse of the Crimson Altar
'Uncle Bob' was the most unlikely love interest that a swinging '60s dolly bird could be seen with and why wasn't his body found?
Was expecting Timothy claypole from rent a ghost to pop out and tell it how it was going to be . Certainly was a bird out of its nest on a trip .
bob wears a hat in a car.
no wonder she's walking.
so in 1969 a pretty girl could leave a house in the middle of nowhere late at night and just ask a total stranger for a lift???
Not really, there were r@pists back then too.
Amazing candles they had in the 70s
We needed them because of all the power cuts lol😅
10:08: The horror in this film is those 60's British teeth......
We still don’t have good dentists 🤣
Looks like lemon was the in colour everybody is wearing it wether its a tie, a jumper, a shirt or a dress
No-one commenting on the sex noises at the very start?
I think it is like quadrophenia 🛵 🛵 🛵 where the beginning is the end , I think that's the last victim trying to escape , 🎯🕵️
Dependant on how sexy you think those noises where on a scale of 1-10...
My dog was looking at me, then the screen, then me during the first 37 seconds of this video.
just seen this for te first time and wow, he is chasing the woman round a dark house at NIGHT, along a dark stairwell, the moon goes behind a cloud and suddenly hi is scared of the dark
Not even in the ' it's so bad it's good ' category, lol. The majority of the budget must have been spent on gallons of Kensington Gore. And to think that as a young teen this kind of film would scare the bejaysus out of me.
What a very strange bunch - I began to consider it justified when they started getting slaughtered...
Thanks for uploading . The year the film was made is worth nothing , could we have this in the introductions please .
Agreed, I always want to know the year of release - this one was 1969.
THE SCARIEST PART OF THE MOVIE IS THESE ‘YOUTHS’ WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TEENAGERS, ACCORDING TO IMDB 😂
Utterly TERRIFYING -and that's just the fashions!
Sylvia’s dress!! Poor uncle Bob
Sounds like a climatic start to a movie.
Why is it when the gang all decided to go back to the house to retrace their steps and try to figure out what happened, they didn’t take Sylvia?
Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of recreating the night in question?
George Sewell Control freak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i do not know why I enjoy this film buy I do must be something to do with swinging 60s in London and Love and Peace is all around us until you go to dome old deserted old house in the country. Thanks for the upload and the memories.
Something about that guy's face reminded me of the son of Chucky, the guy who was killing people.
44:15 - Or we locked someone in here with us! Black Christmas* (Xmas - remake) style, killer in the house all along!!
*Also a good watch if you've not seen, a bit better than this, not that I've finished watching this yet! :D
Cacete , um pré slasher , muito bem feito , ótimo filme porra
That’s why E’s made parties fun :)
Ghost can't kill you with a knife fact, so I think he lived in the house alone as the doors were all locked up like an animal i think his brother was made to treat his brother like that or he would be severely punished, i think his brother was locked in the house when it was left abandoned.
Fantastic cheese.Gory murder(for the time)Frankie Avalon too old even for these(ahem!)'teenagers'.Karloff meant for the police inspector role,but unwell.Director Armstrong wanted to make a cynical satire on selfish youth culture,but film taken from him,cut and additional scenes shot by Gerry Levy.He shot everything featuring George Sewell,which feels out of place(as does the song Responsibility,which seems at least a decade out of date!).
I say we go for a walk and take a bottle of whiskey and nuts with us and go to this deserted house and see if it really is haunted. And of course also to have Don't forget to take blankets and candles and also your enemy that when we leave, let's leave the enemies inside the house
Why does Bob get pissed about the lighter going missing?
It's like Monty Python did a ghost movie.
??? Monty Python is nothing like this film
I wish that would have actually happened
Classic
This is so awful that it's really enjoyable.
You want to watch Konga for that, this films just naff. Can't believe it's got a bells and whistles commentary dvd release. Must be nostalgia.
These two guys are interrogating so ordinarily. They said be thrown of the police department. Again that big mouth is blabering
Creepy good ole fashioned story😬
So was his brother dead a ghost or did he escape from an asylum? he killed his parents & set the fire in the house to cover his crime & They locked him up in the dark, the killer his brother looks a bit like a young Chesney Hawkes I think so you're right about the blood on his clothes there would of been loads on him & up the walls & ceiling.
Billy Connolly's wife Pamela Stephenson (Linda) is in this, damn. She was also born in New Zealand, my home country (marely an observation). Typically cheesy flick, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Who was Linda, I don't recall her?
@@Cervando - I think he means Linda Blair, Tony Blair's sista (but I'm just guessing)
@@NOWtheband But he said Pamela Stephenson played 'Linda'?
@@Cervando - i know, it's my silly sense of humour
;-)
I think you watched the wrong movie Chris - don't see any Linda credited and Pam S isn't in this. lol
Julian Barnes.(richard) is a cutie here.
“We’ve gotta figure this out for ourselves.”
Um, why?
Carol Dilworth? Chesney Hawkes’s mum I think…..🤔
What about the F***** SOUND or have they gone on strike??
Not a single comment.
Hello (no longer true)
First.
Couldn’t hear
That stupid, lead role (self assumed) talks non-existant sense and others forced to listen
😖
The girl talks like Eva lingerie exactly nbnw yes
Awful movie, 1/10... terrible acting, awful storyline, completely pointless.
Eva lingerie north by northwest
utterly sh*te, not worth watching
Really does worry me ,the mindset of some of the posts that say this is a good film !....It is absolute crap .
It is bloody awful. Oh well, no accounting for taste I suppose.
Obviously you don't appreciate a good old! Horror tale :-)
Filmmaking as an art form was a lot different back then. Just because it’s cornier than you are used too doesn’t mean it’s bad. This was just how movies were made back then. I’m sure some movies now will be considered grade a cheese in the future. That’s the real fun of finding these old movies, though. You get a little look about what entertainment was like back then!
Then again, this movie really took a long time before the first death. OOF. Really damn slow and corny. Still, it was a sign of the times back then.
S. Albertsen no it’s just rubbish
Did they really make movies this bad?
They make them this bad now
@gary jones I agree, This is one Pop movie from the late sixties......there are worse
The plot don't work everyone would think the Yank did it because he don't want to call the cops , but then most moves these days don't have a plot .
*great
Not as far as I know.
Ooh haven’t seen this one before!