06-02-2020, 07:36 AM
This one has no vampires. It's about these four wreckers, you see. Unsavory types who go out at night to wave lanterns about to lure ships onto the rocks, after which they pilfer the flotsam. They're like pirates, only landbound. Their nasty leader is the Captain, but Tina is arguably the worst of the lot. If someone survives a shipwreck, the wreckers unsurvive them with extreme prejudice -- and none does it with more gusto than Tina. To picture her, think Catherine Zeta Jones in Zorro. Only that's not quite it. Because I know Catherine Zeta Jones, and Tina is no Catherine Zeta Jones. After all, Catherine Zeta Jones doesn't strip off her clothes at the least provocation and fondle herself and masturbate to the rape and murder of innocents. If there's any question about her badness, that's put to rest by the sounds of artillery fire and wild animals that accompany her gyrations. The lion roar is a nice touch. And this is the first (and likely last) time I've heard the echoing reports of a rifle used for an orgasm.
But the story. Yes, there's a story. There's a shipwreck, pilfering, and two young waifs (another Rollin trademark) in white gowns stumble out of the sea, pleading for help. Instead they get the lion roar treatment. End of waifs.
Or is it? Because in a seedy bar the Captain, drunk in celebration, starts hallucinating the waifs here and there. Are they ghosts? Or did they manage to survive all the torture and torment? There's growing evidence of the latter, so the wreckers revisit the graveyard of wrecked ships where it all happened, and a game of cat and mouse ensues.
Oh, there's also the ruins of an old castle, guarded by a Rasputin type and his sidekick, a clown. Yes, there's always a clown in a Rollin movie -- invariably a woman with impeccable makeup. Why is the old castle guarded? Because Satan himself is locked away in the dungeon.
But enough. Not one of Rollin's strongest. The seedy bar scenes don't quite work, and the gothic atmosphere isn't as seamless. Still, there's some great settings among old ship wreckage and castle ruins. And there's a clown.
And a lion roar. One must not forget the lion roar.
But the story. Yes, there's a story. There's a shipwreck, pilfering, and two young waifs (another Rollin trademark) in white gowns stumble out of the sea, pleading for help. Instead they get the lion roar treatment. End of waifs.
Or is it? Because in a seedy bar the Captain, drunk in celebration, starts hallucinating the waifs here and there. Are they ghosts? Or did they manage to survive all the torture and torment? There's growing evidence of the latter, so the wreckers revisit the graveyard of wrecked ships where it all happened, and a game of cat and mouse ensues.
Oh, there's also the ruins of an old castle, guarded by a Rasputin type and his sidekick, a clown. Yes, there's always a clown in a Rollin movie -- invariably a woman with impeccable makeup. Why is the old castle guarded? Because Satan himself is locked away in the dungeon.
But enough. Not one of Rollin's strongest. The seedy bar scenes don't quite work, and the gothic atmosphere isn't as seamless. Still, there's some great settings among old ship wreckage and castle ruins. And there's a clown.
And a lion roar. One must not forget the lion roar.
I'm nobody's pony.
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