Review of Torture Garden (1967) by Adam E — 03 Aug 2011
One of the weaker Amicus anthology films with the penguin himself Burgess Meredith as Dr Diablo who runs a fairground attraction telling peoples futures, the film is made up of four tales of horror and is badly let die by one story that is just complete pure b***locks! A story about a killer Piano, yes a killer Piano, YES A KILLER PIANO!! The other three stories are not bad including one about a demonic cat and another about robots replacing actors.
The best tale though is the final one with the ever reliable Peter Cushing and a quite bizarre performance from Jack Palance about them both having an obsession with the poet Edgar Alan Poe, Peter Cushings obsession is so great he has brought Poe back from the dead through Vodoo and has him locked in his cellar writing poems! Off the wall stuff! It all ends in tears!
A film that is good and bad, with a flawless DVD transfer and a pure cheese ending where Meredith becoming the devil with some dodgy camera effect and lighting! They must of been scraping the barrel for stories though having one about a Piano that pushes people out of windows!
This review of Torture Garden (1967) was written by Adam E on 03 Aug 2011.
Torture Garden has generally received mixed reviews.
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