ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Boba_Fett1138 The movie has a true fitting title; "The Mansion of Madness". It is indeed a mad movie to watch, though not in a good way.It's a bit of a shame. The movie its story and premise definitely showed some potential. After all, it's a movie based on an Edgar Allan Poe story. But the thing with this movie is that it totally does not pick a horror approach to its story, while an approach like that would had definitely made this a better and more fun watch.But as it turns out, the movie has no focus at all. It doesn't really follow a good, main, clear plot line, which adds to the total madness of this movie. Perhaps it was all intentional, I don't know but it just doesn't really work out too well. It just never makes this a fun, tense, mysterious or compelling movie to watch at all. Instead it all feels incredibly messy and because it doesn't really follow a story, the movie also even starts to feel a bit like a bore.It's a real crazy movie, in which a whole lot of crazy stuff is happening. Weird, even for my taste, since most of the stuff seems to be incredibly random and it just too often doesn't make an awful lot of sense.No, it's not the worst or most annoying genre movie I have ever seen but then again, I also really can't think of any reason why anyone should ever go and watch this movie in the first place.5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Red-Barracuda This is a Mexican adaption of the Edgar Allan Poe story 'The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether'. It tells the tale of a journalist who travels to a sanatorium to report on eccentric medical techniques practised there. This is frankly a really bizarre feature. Right from the get go this is odd. It is sort of a horror film yet its atmosphere is almost quirky a lot of the time. The music reflects this by being spectacularly inappropriate throughout. I suppose with a central idea of the lunatics taking over the asylum, the general off-kilter strangeness is imbued in the music and general mood. There is a multitude of oddball characters that feature throughout the picture, culminating in a finale involving menacing chicken people. No, seriously.I guess this movie can best be described as a surrealist film. Seeing as its Mexican and made around the same time as Alejandro Jodorowsky was making movies this makes more sense. There must've been something funny in the Mexican tap water back in the early 70's. So I suppose it will probably appeal more to those who appreciate weird art films rather than anyone after a Gothic horror yarn, which to be honest this film really isn't. While it's certainly a memorably nutty film, it would be remiss to not mention that it's a little rough around the edges as well. It's really a mixture of quite bad film-making with some pretty impressive moments. The overall strangeness is probably ultimately its chief selling point though. So if you have an interest in the bizarre then this certainly will tick a few boxes for you on that score.

HumanoidOfFlesh "The Mansion of Madness" by Juan Lopez Moctezuma is loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether".The basic premise is strikingly similar:lunatics take over a mental institution and change places with the doctors.The film is obviously inspired by Jodorovsky's "El Topo" with its eccentric characters who are physically deformed or mentally unstable.When it comes to its genre "The Mansion of Madness" is a surreal comedy with plenty of nudity,Tarot imagery and odd situations.I will always prefer his wonderfully hypnotic "Alucarda" over his debut,but if you are a fan of cinematic phantasmagoria you can't miss this carnival of weirdness.7 out of 10.Enough of this melodramatic nonsense!

Zeegrade I kinda like this bizarre Mexican flick which was a mix of "Hearts of Darkness" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau". Anyone familiar with these types of movies made south of the border in the seventies know that coherent plots are not to be expected. Gaston LeBlanc has come to witness the revolutionary treatments of Dr. Maillard in his spacious sanitarium. When he is introduced to the Doctor and his lovely niece Eugenie he is taken on a tour which begin an array of odd encounters with the patients who seem to roam free. As Gaston beholds the increasingly eccentric methods of Maillard's "soothing system" he begins to question the mental stability of the doctor. Chicken Man would of had me running out the front door long ago but I guess that's just me. After one of the Doctor's religious ceremonies involving Eugenie almost comes to a murderous end if not for Gaston's intervention she is taken away for punishment which for what he's witness can be just about anything. Gaston saves Eugenie, whom he has fallen for, and she tells him that Maillard is actually an escaped convict named Fragonard who led a revolt by the inmates imprisoning the real Dr. Maillard and his staff. With Fragonard's system for controlling anyone he sets out for, what else, world domination! I can see how "Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon" can turn people off. If you are expecting a gory exploitation/torture horror film you will be sadly disappointed. This is actually more of a comedy than anything as the sheer lunacy of some of the scenes inspire some serious laughs. Claudio Brook as Maillard/Fragonard is especially entertaining as his rantings and constant cackling convinced me that nobody is more crazy in this asylum than him. It does have some slow moments when the dialogue gets a little to wordy for me but the occasional pair of naked breasts made up for that. I don't know what director Juan Lopez Moctezuma's fascination with bird people was but he definitely had an ample amount in this movie. Not everyone's cup of tea but nonetheless a movie that kept me entertained for most of its 82 minute run time which is a lot more than I can say for most of the other titles in this "Chilling Classics" collection. Give it a shot.