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Castle Freak | Frightfully Freaky Flick from Full Moon Stuart Gordon's CASTLE FREAK (1995) is a direct-to-video production that is actually way above the average quality of such fare. Gordon, as most genre fans know, is the director of the highly venerated RE-ANIMATOR, the Lovecraft-inspired horror-comedy starring Jeffrey Combs as the titular character, Herbert West, and the beautiful Barbara Crampton as the requisite T In the mean time, sightless daughter Rebecca decides to explore their new digs on her own, and she learns that she and her parents are not the castle's only inhabitants when, deep in the miasmic caves and catacombs beneath the old building, she inadvertently stumbles upon the dwelling place of a hideous, blood-thirsty freak. In spite of her ocular handicap, Rebecca is able to escape unharmed, but she is unable to subsequently convince her parents or the police that her subterranean encounter was genuine. Eventually, though, everyone associated with the Reilly family will have to face this castle freak, and John Reilly will also come face-to-face with the truth about his heritage and his own past. The plot of CASTLE FREAK--very loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's THE OUTSIDER--is actually pretty deep, with good character development and tons of subtle Freudian and Existentialist subtext. As fans would expect, Gordon's direction is judicious and tight, and the work of Italian cinematographer Mario Vulpiani is breathtakingly aesthetic. Though All Hype..or some people scare real easy :) Well after reading all 37 reviews on Amazon got the DVD and BOO! This movie is often touted as "Sex,nudity,violence,and gore all in one movie?" and its true however the fails in all those areas. First off the movie is not scary unlike the countless reviews that claim it is; well actually..if the Scream series starring Neve Campell 'terrified' you then maybe you'll get a scare out of Castle Freak LOL. Sex, nudity...again BOO! The only graphic nudity involves the hooker; explicit? Please don't make me laugh..plus its really quick..were talking about 1 minute. The Matrix II sex scene was more titillating LOL! Some have mentioned eroticism; there is one scene that falls into this area and it involves Jessica Dollarhide getting captured by the freak but its quite brief and you don't see any umm skin; big big BOO! Gore..yes there is some..but no where near the level of Re-Animator series. Overall quite disappointed once again by Amazon posters. Other movies highly touted on Amazon to recommended to avoid in this category: I'd sell you all for the price of three..seriously LOL From the man who brought you "The Re-animator" Stuart Gordon presents another film adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story. In this one "Castle Freak" John Reilly(Jeffrey Combs,The Re-animator series)his wife(Barbara Crampton,The Re-animator)and their blind daughter inheret a castle in Italy,from a relative who recently passed away. They also inhereted her son, who was chained up in the cellar, that they don't know about until, John brings home a prostitute and she is never seen again and he is accused of her murder. It's up to John to protect his family and prove his innocence. As you would expect there is plenty of creative gore, one scene is similair to one in Beyond Re-animator. If you enjoy the works of H.P.Lovecraft, STuart Gordon, or Jeffrey Combs you will enjoy this film others however should be causious about choosing whether or not they want to watch this. Buy Castle Freak at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Castle Freak Search with the Priority Search Engine on Castle Freak This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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