Any film that opens up with a decapitation where the guillotine comes from a speeding vehicle is fine by me, and the visual of the heads rolling is hysterical. You get to see this several times and each time is funnier than the time before. Of course it's gory, but that's the part that makes for funny moments when you go "eew" and find yourself laughing. Veteran British horror icon Michael Gough is delightfully sinister as the head of the hospital, turning patients into zombies to do their bidding. There's a demented little person, an over the top Ellen Pollock (resembling Joan Bennett in "Suspiria") as Gough's assistant and a string of weak younger actors playing Gough's victims.
This is a well-done funny horror comedy that may not have been intentional with a good majority of what ends up being laughed at her with but that makes it all the more enjoyable. There are plenty of pratfalls with a little person trying to deal with some of the bigger people, and of course, things occur that makes him become on the side of the young people against Gough. He's one of the great horror villains of film history although veteran actor Dennis Price as a blackmailing gay employee of the hospital may raise eyebrows. Pollock steals every moment she's on screen, and she features prominently in a flashback after sealing her fate. Donny Osmond lookalike Kurt Christian adds some eye candy in the film's last half hour. Lots of fun in the modern Gothic horror genre and worth seeking out.
This is a well-done funny horror comedy that may not have been intentional with a good majority of what ends up being laughed at her with but that makes it all the more enjoyable. There are plenty of pratfalls with a little person trying to deal with some of the bigger people, and of course, things occur that makes him become on the side of the young people against Gough. He's one of the great horror villains of film history although veteran actor Dennis Price as a blackmailing gay employee of the hospital may raise eyebrows. Pollock steals every moment she's on screen, and she features prominently in a flashback after sealing her fate. Donny Osmond lookalike Kurt Christian adds some eye candy in the film's last half hour. Lots of fun in the modern Gothic horror genre and worth seeking out.