Well, this is the second movie from our 50 movie dvd set, and it makes watching the next 48 that much more difficult. I wrote this review half way through the movie. Couldn't bring it to myself to chance anyone seeing this today because we didn't have a review up. In summary, IF you watch this, and that is a bigggg IF, be ready for extreme boredom. Not the kind of boredom you can get through, but the kind that scars you for life. Even being that boring it wasn't the worst movie on our block. Had a decent transformation scene from a human to a zombie/monster thing. Also, the sound quality was pretty high. I'm hoping that there was some plot and point lost in the translation from Italian. BTW, rent this one only to complete a movie collection or a triple dog dare.

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I seem to be missing something. Was there a movie?

I really did almost fall asleep at least three times while I was watching this, and that was while I was standing up with hot coals under my feet and drinking glass shards.

God...the story was...there? Sort of? I mean, I can see what they were kind of going for in trying to make a new kind of vampire, but talk about failure. I was more annoyed that the woman's "disfigurement" just looked like she slapped herself with a waffle iron. She was in a car wreck, and the thing fucking exploded! And all that's wrong is her cheek was messed up? How is this a problem?

Anyway, the doctor tries to fix it and fails, then gets all clingy and says he loves her and doesn't want her to leave, etc. He then turns into Ric Flair and kills people. The End. After 15 hours or so, the end.

It really does just seem like a stock spooky $5 matinee movie. There's no real plot, the dubbing is atrocious as usual (but not funny atrocious), the acting is, well, you know.

I gave it a little credit for the premise, but not much. I can't believe Mario Bava helped produce this damn thing! Well, we all have our little failures.

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