Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

ElWormo Really enjoyed this psychedelic, campy oldskool horror. A trippy and almost art-house first 15 minutes or so then settles into a Scooby Doo-esque mystery romp of early 70s proportions. Some of the dialogue is priceless (I was dying at the pointless exchange about seagulls) and the whole 'free love baby, yeah let's smoke some pot...oh hang on we're on an evil island with a killer loose!!' vibe was entertaining. For a pre slasher, pre giallo era film it actually has some surprisingly nasty sequences. If anything lets it down, it's that the initial premise involving the lone survivor seems to get abandoned somewhere along the way. Apart from that, very good fun.

jadavix "Tower of Evil" is a humdrum British horror/exploitation effort which has found new popularity recently due to its similarity with '80s slashers. It's the familiar thing: a group heads out to an isolated area - an island off the English coast - and are offed one by one. They do drugs, have sex, and suggest to one another that "splitting up" might be the best way to handle the situation.Their reason for being on the island in the first place in singularly ridiculous. They're archaeologists on the hunt for Phoenician treasure. Phoenicia was a Middle Eastern region, so what is this treasure doing in the British isles? This would be ridiculous enough, but the movie actually shows you an example of this treasure - a sword supposedly made out of gold, looking less realistic than if they'd covered it in gold-coloured spray paint. The big discovery they make on the island looks to be made out of papier mache.I missed whatever explanation was given for there being a killer on the island; I'm sure it's not important. The movie begins after another group has visited this island and all been killed minus one. Flashbacks reveal this plot point in a culmination of non-stop screaming. You can feel the director trying to make something jarring and shocking of this sequence but instead it is merely irritating. I found myself wondering, first, "When are they going to stop screaming?" and, second, "I wish they would stop that screaming!" I had to turn the volume down.One thing that the Brits managed to do better than the Americans is nudity, and this has quite a bit of that. It's not terribly violent, and Timmy Lea himself, Robin Askwith, has a small role, doing an inexplicable American accent. Don't be fooled, though: this isn't "Confessions of an Archaeologist". There's nudity but no humour, and not much other reason for watching.

GL84 After finding a terrified woman on the beach, the police's attempt to find the cause reveals her involvement in her friends' encounter with a savage killer and tries to help them combat the bloodthirsty maniac.This was a highly enjoyable and entertaining effort that really has some decent parts to it. The three-part narrative here manages to make the film seem a lot more involved than it really should be, taking different feelings and cues from the different story lines to create a well-meaning whole that is wholly enjoyable with the latter two stories giving this it's best parts. The recovery of the girl allows the flashbacks to plenty of nude dealings here with the different couples being stalked and killed off while usually engaging in amorous activities that display plenty of flesh throughout so there's a lot to like with that being done while apart of the film's best parts of utilizing the setting to maximum effect. Placing pleasing eye-candy in a wonderfully-realized Gothic setting of abandoned ruins, fire-lit rooms, fog-enshrouded walkways and plenty of dark, creepy hiding spots to be watched over and jumping out from makes for a perfectly chilling effort in these segments. The third story involving the research team is a little clichéd as it deals with the eventual appearance of the hermit-like creature as a total surprise even though it was used as a reveal back in the second one so the numerous stalking scenes here come off quite lame and counter-intuitive of what it's trying as it goes about doing all this set-up for a payoff already given earlier. Still, these are off-set by the excessive action and stalking done in the final half hour which is all sorts of fun with lots of brawling, traditional final-girl slasher-style confrontations and the ever-present Gothic trope of burning down the location at the end. It's all quite fun and really makes better use of it's screen-time than the rest of the segment as well as the first part of the film, which is just quite lame and confusing as it deals with the arrival of the hermit on the island and does nothing really enjoyable with it. Otherwise, this is quite enjoyable and certainly proves there's some worth to mixing the Gothic with the exploitation market.Rated R: Full Nudity, Graphic Violence, Language, mild sexual acts and brief drug use.

Scarecrow-88 Snape Island, containing a lighthouse, with caves underneath containing artifacts/treasure(..basically a few necklaces, ancient sword, sarcophagus, & idol statue) of a Phoenican god, is the setting for this horror film(..which also goes under the title, "The Tower of Evil")from director Jim O'Connolly(The Valley of Gwangi). This island is supposedly accursed and a group of young adults are found there, three brutally murdered with a fourth in a state of catatonic shock, having stabbed a fisherman's father out of hysteria. An archaeological team, along with a detective, and the fisherman(..with a new assistant, a hippie family member whose the kind of person who likes to move around a lot with no goals or care for what the future holds)decide to boat to Snape Island to seize the Phoenician artifacts, but run into the very one responsible for the previous murders. The fisherman, Hamp(Jack Watson)tells the group of his kin, a relative who was not right in the head, his kind, doting wife and their child who lived on the island which ended in tragedy. Ambiguous regarding his relative's fate, the others wonder what happened to him, finding out the hard way that this lunatic resides in the caves below, surfacing to possibly coordinate attacks on them. Dan & Adam(Derek Fowlds & Mark Edwards) are at odds with each other over the pretty, slender, tender-voiced Rose(Jill Haworth). Adam was once attached to Rose, but she broke off their engagement. Rose has been having an affair with Dan, but he's married to luscious nymphomaniac Nora(Anna Palk, who is quite a lusty, tasty dish)who won't grant him a divorce. Brent(Bryant Haliday) is a detective hired to prove that the only witness to the killings was indeed innocent of the crimes, committing the one murder because she was in total shock believing she was defending herself against a madman out to kill her. Hamp's nephew Brom(Gary Hamilton)eyes Nora, hoping to score with an older, experienced woman, and I certainly can understand the logic considering she's a total babe. Not long after landing ashore, they begin hearing a flute and perhaps whimpering. They know someone is on the island and this could very well be the real killer. Considering the power it'd take to stick a young man through a wall with a golden sword, the suspect, a gentle, beautiful virginal innocent(Candace Glendenning)seems to be unable of such a feat of strength. We watch as the group attempts to find the location of the caves and the killer. After their boat has been dynamited and radio smashed, the group are in dire shape, needing to survive first and then find a way of getting off the damned island.I was startled at the sexually frank dialogue and overall nature of the film. Being that it was British(..normally reserved filmmakers)I was taken aback at how naughty Nora was in her approach to men, both her downgrading of husband Dan and subtle seduction of young stud Brom(..she doesn't have to do much, but has a keen way of inviting lust). The film features a great deal of nakedness and graphic violence. The traumatized girl, Penelope, for instance, is naked on the Snape beach with her new boyfriend, both battling the temptation of sexual activity. When Penelope attacks Hamp's father, she's naked with a knife. A curving dagger, a Phoenician weapon, is used to stab and sever heads. The film yields an entertaining twist regarding who might actually be the killer, although I think astute viewers will see it coming. When a possible suspect unveils his hideous condition after living in the caves for such a long time(..carrying the appearance of a Neanderthal with a speech impediment)we get a sense of his power when provoked by a flaming torch..he snaps a victim's head like a twig once he gains an advantage. The island and tower are clearly studio built losing a bit of authentic realism I feel was needed for atmospheric purposes. Still, I had some fun with this one but wouldn't call it a good film by any stretch of the imagination. It sure isn't boring, though. Great scene where a female corpse features prominently in moving towards the direction of who the killer(s)might be.