KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

alexanderdavies-99382 Goodness knows what possessed Richard Burton to appear in rubbish like "Bluebeard." The above film, like "Hammersmith is Out," "Absolution," "The Assassination of Trotsky" and "The Exorcist 2: The Heretic," did no favours for Burton's career whatsoever. The attempts by "Bluebeard" to be humorous are embarrassingly poor. The whole thing has a low quality in every department and it's no wonder that the film quickly vanished without trace. The script is hardly worthy of Richard Burton or Raquel Welch, they being the only people in the cast remotely well known.

Jakemcclake Spoilers Yes, Joey Heatherton, who is best known for the sexy perfect sleeper advertisements, delivers some powerful lines near the ending of this one. You would need to sit through the rest of a lack luster movie to get to it, but finally, at the end she slams out some great stuff. She put it out of the park, a real home run. She stands toe to toe with her male lead (Richard Burton) and steals the scene and the movie, saying: Being impudent is a pitiful problem but YOU! YOU COVER UP YOUR PROBLEMS! YOU KILLED THESE WOMEN TO HIDE YOUR PROBLEM! YOU'RE A COWARD! YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO MAKE WAR! NOT LOVE! YOU'RE ONLY HALF-A-MAN! (Burton) I'm a man! Heatherton (Angrily and quickly throwing off all her clothes.) Prove it!

brefane Enjoyable, campy fun featuring a number of beautiful women, most of whom go nude, a seductive score by Ennio Morricone, good old fashioned direction from Edward Dmytryk that stresses atmosphere and setting, and that uses the flashback structure to good effect. Burton is an amusing Bluebeard and he's a lot more enjoyable here than he was in The ExorcistII(77), and Joey Heatherton who worked with Dmytryk in Where Love Has Gone(64)is well cast as the only American and the film's only likable character. Though Heatherton's look is not period, her charm and appeal to Burton's Bluebeard is believable, especially since most of Bluebeard's other wives are depicted somewhat unflatteringly. Though the film's treatment and attitude towards women is largely exploitive, and the film could be better paced, it's nonetheless diverting trash and thanks to a clever ad campaign and trailer it was a hit when released in theaters in 1972. The theatrical trailer is featured on Anchor Bay's DVD.

Coventry Ever since I was a child, the morbid tale of Bluebeard intrigued me immensely. But apparently, it's not very easy to find adequate films about the lady-murdering Baron. I haven't been able to track down the 1944 version (starring John Carradine!) yet, but I was very happy when I got hold of this one. I figured it couldn't go wrong with this cast (Richard Burton and Raquel 'One Million Years B.C.' Welsh), the period of release (the rancid 70's) and because it partly is an Italian production (they dare to exceed limits of good taste more easily). To my regret it turned out a disappointment… Not that it's an entirely bad film, though. The classic tale is respected and the film implies an interesting structure, but it's so darn tame! To any creative director or scriptwriter, this plot would offer such a great opportunity to deliver a compelling, adrenalin-filled film but here it's not the case. It doesn't even feature the slightest bit of sleaze, which I actually hoped for. There's too few excitement and action while the chilling set-pieces are underused. To choice to have Richard Burton play Baron Kurt 'Bluebeard' Von Sepper sounded like an ingenious casting idea but his performance only is so so. For those unfamiliar with the plot: it handles about a German WWI veteran who returns from the war a ladykiller….literally. His eighth wife Anne discovers a secret room in the castle and a horrible secret. The only good comments actually go out to the female cast! One thing you got to admit, Baron Bluebeard has a fine taste and eye for female beauty. Goddess Raquel Welsh is great as a nymphomaniac nun and also Sybil Danning, Nathalie Delon and Virni Lisi impress in their roles of ex-wives. Bluebeard is worth a peek if a TV-station would ever program it, definitely not worth buying.