RipDelight
This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Red-Barracuda
A group of strangers wind up at a remote mansion one foggy night. Soon they are terrorized by a ghostly chauffeur and vampiric old woman.This is a pretty solid Spanish flick that combines the feel of a thriller with spooky supernatural horror. It opens in such a way as you would be forgiven for thinking that you were in for some giallo mayhem, seeing as it quickly introduces us to a selection of shady characters. But pretty soon after the action moves to the fog enclosed environs of an old dark house and creepy graveyard. The combination of the two strands of film type works pretty well all-in-all with a decent enough amount of intrigue in the set-up and some quite effective scary moments. The latter is covered almost exclusively by the appearances of the two ghosts, who are utilised well. In particular, a scene where a woman turns in bed to be confronted face to face with the scary old woman is pretty spine tingling. The focus is really more on spookiness in general, as there isn't a lot of sex and violence in this one. Which isn't entirely surprising really considering this was made in Franco's Spain, in a climate that was very conservative about such matters. The cast of actors is good enough, with the star turn being Evelyn Stewart who appeared in several Italian pictures from the time including a very memorable role in the excellent giallo The Case of the Scorpion's Tail.So all-in-all a somewhat under-appreciated film. It hardly breaks the mould but it does what it does well enough. Spanish films from the 70's tended to be poorer relations to their Italian equivalents. And while this one has its weaknesses, it is certainly one of the stronger Spanish thrillers from the period.
christopher-underwood
Unusual and likable Spanish/Italian co-production that plays something like a seventies Spanish, Old Dark House with giallo elements. Split more or less into three parts, the beginning takes place on the road, the middle introduces us to all the varied peoples holed up in the mansion in the fog and the final 25minutes are pretty wild action all the way. In truth there is nothing particularly violent or sexual but all the ladies are lovely, we really don't know what's going on any more than they do and we care enough to stick with it to find out. Worth it? Yes, I reckon so, it's just that little bit different and even the 'posh' English dubbing seems to help the strangeness that permeates the whole film.
Zeegrade
The giallo genre is synonymous with gloved madmen, creepy music, gruesome murders, and female nudity. Murder Mansion lacks all of these traits and comes off as movie of the week fare. Think Giallo-lite. It's a shame too because this movie features some beautiful women, Lisa Leonardi as backpacker Laura, Analia Gade as mentally unstable Elsa, and Ida Galli, billed here as Evelyn Stewart as the housekeeper/vampire/conspirator Martha Clinton. The comparisons to Scooby-Doo are numerous on this page and none of them are unwarranted. The plot begins as five travelers are forced to stay the night in a mansion that was supposedly owned by a witch complete with undead followers. We eventually learn that all is not as it appears and the real motives are finally addressed with lackluster results. Let me state for the record that I personally don't believe that Murder Mansion is a poor movie. I'm more disappointed in what it lacks than the content itself which at times is well acted. The murders are beyond tame ranging from a lame heart-attack to an anonymous hanging woman that bears no meaning to the plot. Some scenes hint at showing the lovely figures of the aforementioned ladies yet only provide nude backs and nothing more. Come on! I'm not a Mormon for God's sake! It does supply hot vehicle juxtapositioning action as the movie begins with a four-and-a-half plus minute montage of lane changing madness! Zoinks! You can do better than this scare free flick.
cameron-kills-it
"The Murder Mansion" may not be the best movie that I've ever seen, but it kept me entertained throughout the whole 83 minutes. The film is about a group of people who get fog-bound at a creepy old mansion in the middle of nowhere and are forced to stay the night. However, the group soon discovers that the mansion holds a deadly secret. I would have liked this flick better if it weren't for the ending that reminded me too much of "Scooby Doo", almost like a real-life replica of one of those episodes. This film has almost no gore or nudity, and would be considered very tame by today's standards. All in all, the it had an atmospheric and eerie setting and a few pop-out scares that will keep you entertained to the very end. Check this one out! Not Rated (But is equal to PG-13)for Violence and Sensuality.Grade: C+
