Alicia I love this movie so much

Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Woodyanders American tourist Cindy (cute Coralina C. Tassoni) and her Italian boyfriend Tony (likable Diego Ribon) decide to go on a peaceful and romantic hiking trip in the Alps. Things quickly turn sour when the couple run afoul of sexy, but lethal witch Arva (the alluring Elena Cantarone) and some kind of equally nasty supernatural force that makes the dead come back to vicious shambling life as crusty-faced grunting zombies. Writer/director Andreas Merfori cheerfully eschews basic logic and narrative cohesion in favor of an utterly over-the-top, ridiculous, and hence pretty amusingly atrocious anything-goes free-form story structure which becomes more increasingly absurd and laughable as the flimsy plot shamelessly copies "The Evil Dead" and fumbles toward a predictable anticlimactic "it ain't over yet" conclusion. Moreover, Marfori manages to build a fair amount of reasonably spooky gloom-doom atmosphere in the opening third and pours on the disgusting gore with considerable sicko glee (revolting highlights include Arva castrating a helpless guy with a claw from between her legs, Tony's hands being torn off, a messy decapitation, and a grisly chainsaw carving). The acting is surprisingly decent, with Luciano Crovato easily stealing the show with his gloriously loopy portrayal of Algernoon, a nutty local writer who speaks through an irritating electronic voicebox. Marco Isoli's dynamic and stylish cinematography makes inspired and invigorating frequent use of a madly darting to and fro Steadicam. Adriano M. Vitali's shivery score hits the spine-tingling spot. The dusty'n'desolate underground catacombs setting is genuinely creepy. While this flick suffers from a plodding pace and a meandering narrative (Cindy and Tony spend what seems like an eternity trekking through the woods), it still possesses a certain winningly clunky and pervasive cheesiness that's impossible to either resist or dislike. Entertaining nonsensical tripe.

slayrrr666 "Evil Clutch" is a decent if somewhat unspectacular possession entry.**SPOILERS**Traveling through the countryside, Cindy, (Coralina Cataldi Tassoni) and Tony, (Diego Ribon) stumble across frantic Arva, (Elena Cantaone) along the road and offer her a lift. Arriving in the next town, only local left Algernoon, (Luciano Crovato) gives them a tour of the village and regales them with stories about the haunted woods surrounding the village, warning them not to venture within or be cursed to the fate of the demons who lurk there. Unfazed by the stories, they venture into the woods and decide to restart their original intent of hiking into the woods. Forced into an abandoned cabin when a storm rolls in, they quickly realize that there's a demonic spirit amongst them out to satisfy it's unquenchable blood-lust, and as they're trapped within by the fact that there could be more creatures amongst the dark woods, are forced to battle the demon to get out of the woods alive.The Good News: This one wasn't all that bad when it really counted on it. The main issue here is the fact that the film really decides to ladle on the blood and gore for the conclusion to this. There's a lot more in here than expected and that's what really impresses, due to the amount in here. There's a great decapitation by placing the head through a cart's wheel and turning it, an ax tearing a body to pieces, having a throat ripped out, both hands are chopped off with a giant claw, a chainsaw ripping up a creature with chunks of flesh and blood flying in every direction, an exploding head and much more, including the few pieces spread throughout the rest of the film as most of that was just what happened at the very end of the film. This also includes more good stuff as the look of the zombie who actually looks rather nice. Suitably disgusting with a rancid look that actually has the look of being decomposed with the make-up effects being a real highlight with these creatures. The fact that both of them are like that is what's so great about them, as they look really great and manage to score big. The main demon in here looks a little cheesy with the bugged out eyes, but otherwise, there's some good work to be had with the look on display. There's also a bunch of fun to be had from the fact that the end is a huge action scene, and is all the better for it. The chasing through the deserted ruins underground is a lot of fun, the confrontations inside the house are really great, and even atmospheric at times, which is also nicely put through the rest of the film. Some of the scenes of them hiking through the forest, as well as the first scene in the cemetery where the demonic force circles the lone person inside managing to feel creepy at times and getting some much-needed atmosphere into the film. The last plus is the fact that the film decides to act out the back-story rather than just simply tell it. That's all that this one has going for it.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot really wrong with this one. Most of the problems here stem from it being a really obvious rip-off of another film for pretty much it's entire duration. There's a lot of indications, from the possessed beings in there along with the demon views and the general story outline happen to be the exact same as another horror classic out there, and it doesn't do many favors with this since it is so obviously done and doesn't really do anything to separate the two. That's where the main flaw from this comes from, as there's very little to say about a film where it uses another story straight without doing anything else to fix it. The other flaw to this one is the maddening and completely irritating habit of the film being way too dark for it's own good. The fact that the film takes place at night is the main source, as being naturally dark makes these scenes impossible to figure out and rather irritating to miss. The fact that it's supposed to be able to see these scenes, since the film goes dark at the key moments, the kills from the creatures, and to be cheated out of them is something that doesn't really deserve to be that way. This one could've worked the darkness in well, but to be so dark as to be impossible what's happening on-screen is really where the film suffers. These are the problems that hold the film down.The Final Verdict: With some really good parts to it and a couple of flaws, this one isn't that bad and could be worthwhile for some. This one will mostly be appreciated by the most undiscriminating of gore-hounds or European-horror fans, while others out there won't be so forgiving of it's flaws.Rated R: Graphic Violence and some Language

Bruno Fleischmann This was a disappointment. After reading something like "the most extreme excursion into horror in Troma's history" on Troma's website, I was fooled into thinking this would be a strong Italian gore flick. I have expected lack of plot but also the promised gore. What I got was one castration that wasn't overly graphic neither impressive, guy named Tony being repeatedly mutilated by a zombie, Tony's unconvincing rubber head and the final demise of demons via chainsaw and sunlight. There is not as much gore as the promotion promises and Evil Clutch can't be compared to blood soaked splatterfests by Andreas Schnaas. The impact of the violence on display is somewhat weakened by ridiculous reactions of actors, especially the guy who plays Tony, but I don't want to complain about acting in low budget Italian horror movie. The thing that annoyed me was the lack of characters, there are only five people in the whole movie. This leads to overlong scenes of two tourists being chased and tormented by three demons. All characters have very little to do in the second half of the movie. If there were more possible victims of demons popping up just to be massacred, the actor playing bald headed zombie wouldn't have to kill Tony in such ridiculous fashion-first crushing his hands with a stone, then letting him go, later ripping his head off and carrying it around in endless shots that allow viewers to see how fake that artificial head is. It is sad that the makers didn't use their equipment and props more effectively.

Thomas Langlotz First of all I was surprised to see that this film is not one of those typical TROMA-releases. It's an italian production and (sad but true) not one of those splatter-comedies like "Class of Nuk'em High", "The Toxic Avenger" or all the other funny flicks that made TROMA so popular. While watching this film, you won't even have a single chance for a smile. It's completely different from the flicks mentioned above. The story is one of the worst ever and the acting is nothing but amateurish. The only thing this film can offer is gore!!! So, if you're a fan of Ittenbach's "Premutos" or Schnaas' "Violent S***"-Trilogy this one's the right one for you! Decapitation, chainsaws, Zombies...- all that stuff a real gore-fan could expect. If you're not related to this kind of film, you better don't buy or even rent this splatter-flick.