Sunday, July 14, 2019

WHY SNAPE ISLAND'S NOT A CARNIVAL CRUISE STOP..........MORE POWER TO "TOWER OF EVIL"

Tower Of Evil (a.k.a. Horror On Snape Island) 1972    You know how it is with potato chips......you can't stop at one.........

               So right after snickering through the ludicrous Brit horror of "Horror House", BQ dove right into the all-out gorefest of "Tower Of Evil".........

                Now here's an early 70's horror that delivers everything it promises.........naked young Brits chopped up like fresh deli lunchmeat,  drooling slobbering madmen swingin' huge sharp instruments,a quickly piling up body count........and a fiery, literally explosive climax.......

                Yipeeee.........

                Unlike the botched, studio tampered mess of "Horror House", this movie knows exactly what it's about and efficiently goes about the business of decimating its cast,,,,,,,

                You might well ask, 'Who the hell would hang out on Snape Island'?......it's a fog-shrouded chunk 'o rock featuring hidden caves, a defunct lighthouse and a resident murderous gibbering loon who also plays the flute......(I didn't make that last part up for a cheap laugh, I swear.....)

                 Worry not, you fans of blood lust......the island has no trouble attracting bunches of folks, either looking for archeological treasures or looking for some naked nooky among the rocks......whatever their motives, they're dead meat in the making.......

                As BQ often says, you can never have enough movies where somebody's severed head goes bouncing down the stairs faster than a slinky toy...…..

                Well, there's the fun of it........by the time the latest Snape Island excursion winds down, the corpses have piled up faster than than a pile of resigned Trump cabinet members........and wouldn't you know it, the film's best line belongs to BQ's favorite Brit-pixie Jill Haworth, fresh from her
far-less-than-triumphant role in "Horror House".........

                 Surveying the accumulated carnage, opines Jill, "Oh, the police aren't going to like this."

                 No shit, Jill.  Captain Obvious would be proud of you.......

                 The cops might not like it, but BQ loved it. 3 stars (***).......book a trip out there real soon.......but don't check Trivago for the best hotel rates......out on Snape Island, it's strictly
doom with a view..........

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