Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Majorthebys
Charming and brutal
Hattie
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Sarita Rafferty
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
hwg1957-102-265704
There are three things to admire about this film. The cinematography by Gianlorenzo Battaglia which makes fine use of widescreen and colour. The music score by the prolific Francesco De Masi, going from sweeping charm to suspenseful. And the luminous and physical performance by Christina Nagy as Joanna.Apart from that it is a standard story of trying to murder someone by scaring them to death. The rest of the cast are adequate, the kills moderate and the twists foreseeable the proverbial mile away. The penultimate scene goes on and on ridiculously and the last scene is annoyingly ambiguous. Some of the credits are Anglicised so the director Alberto De Martino becomes Martin Herbert, the editor Vincenzo Tomassi becomes Vincent P. Thomas and producer Fabrizio De Angelis becomes David Colby. Francesco De Masi stays Francesco De Masi. Perhaps it was in his contract.
Boyd
OK De Martino did some decent films... And I love a good giallo as much as the next man ... Probably more
But this is unbelievably bad ... I can only think that the good write-ups here are coming from people who are trying to pass this off as a lost giallo bootleg you should buy ... All I can say is thank god for the internet Its great to see David Warbeck obviously ... And he knows very well its drivel, but a cheque ... God knows who the two women were, I can't be bothered to look, but lets just say I won't be searching out any more of their work ... If there was any Give this one a wide berth folks ... Unless you are a completist like me ... Why do we put ourselves through this : ))
pyromanticways
Due to its predictable, second-rate title, (the one it was distributed under in Italy, at least) I didn't expect much from this movie. Thought it'd be another cheap flick about a haunted house ("LA CASA MALEDETTA" means "The cursed house"). Well, I had to change my mind just after the very first brilliant scene! The constant presence of priests and the creepy atmospheres, reminded me a bit of The Exorcist and some of its decent Italian rip-offs, but this was going to be something completely different... This is more like Hitchcock meets Italian thriller! Very well written and directed, good actors, interesting plot... OK, I've tried not to spoil the viewing of "7 Hyden Park" for you, which I'd highly recommend to everyone. P.S. Am I wrong, or when Joanna crawls or tries hard to stand (she's paralyzed from the waist down) her feet and legs move a little too much? (... And I'm not talking of the "bad dream" sequence.)
HumanoidOfFlesh
A very suspenseful giallo from the director of "L'Anticristo"(1974),this one begins with a brilliantly-handled sequence involving a priest,a little girl,and a broken doll.However the main story is about maniac(David Warbeck)marrying a traumatized cripple to kill her for her money.The plot,whilst not original,is really suspenseful,the acting is good and there are several skillful and gory murders.The score by Francesco de Massi is quite effective,some of which can also be heard in Lucio Fulci's "The New York Ripper"(1982).Highly recommended for fans of Italian cinema!