Watch anything before you watch this horrible film. Ken Russell's Lair Of the Whyte Wurm is probably the good version of this derivative genre film. Watch that instead.

Admittedly you need to be a fan of Kenny Everett to really appreciate this movie. I loved his radio show and Kenny Everett's Video Show so I knew what to expect. Bloodbath At The House Of Death is hilarious. The send ups of other movies such as Carrie, The Shining, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Entity are spot on. Even the chest bursting scene from Alien gets a shout out. Kenny and the rest of the cast are brilliant as the scientists who go the infamous Headstone Manor to research 18 murders that had taken place years before. Kenny Everett pulls out all stops including his famous German accent and frantic humour. But the one who really makes this film shine is Vincent Price. He is simply side splitting as The Sinister Man. I had seen Vincent Price in other humorous roles before but this was his best. He took the role and played it with relish. You can see how much fun he's having. Even though he was not in many scenes, each one was a gem. This film may not be to everyone's taste, but give it a chance, even if it's just to enjoy a great actor having the time of his life.

Always been a Kenny fan and to have him in the same film as Vincent Price and Not the Nine O'clock News' Pamela Stephenson had such great potential. Sadly it never lived up to it but still glad to watch it.The Good; Love the gag of the stalker being hit in the face with the brier and the Headstone Manor hall for 'Tired businessmen/Teenage Girls Summer Camp'. Vincent Price's stuff is great. Pamela Stephenson is just as gorgeous naked as we always thought she'd be (surprisingly Cleo Rocos who was always the cheesecake in Kenny's shows keeps her clothes on?). Adore the pub singalong, Don Warrington and Gareth Hunt make a very funny gay couple and the surgery scene is funny. The parodies are also pretty good, especially the Carrie one. The Bad; Lots I'm afraid, the plot makes no sense, the direction is leaden and the story just doesn't hang together. It doesn't work as a horror film or a zany comedy and some of the gags just aren't funny and go on for far too long (to my shame I missed the 'Do you like my mole?' joke until I'd watched it for the second time. Still wasn't funny)The Other; did you notice there was a story about AIDS on the cover of the gay magazine Stephen and Elliot read? Kenny Everett was a closet homosexual and would sadly later die of the disease, I wonder if this was put in deliberately? The scene where Don Warrington's character is killed by a blade emerging from a phone receiver is very similar to 'Dr Phibes Rises Again' also starring Vincent Price. All told I think it's something of a wasted opportunity

Bloodbath at the House of Death is a strange beast, it has the feel of a Dario Argento Film in places with the P.O.V kills and the tripped out camera work! Others it's a bawdy seaside postcode with the kind of sight gag that made Kenny Everett a household name. As such it sits between two stools occupying a strange place in terms of Genre cinema, is it a comedy, a horror or a thriller. To be honest I doubt the cast crew or writers new at the time either!Vincent Price for the love of all that is holy what are you doing in this??? It's a far cry from Dr Phibes and theatre of Blood! Did it amuse me, yeah! Did it scare me, only the special effects. The kills are good the ending feels akin to trapping your head in a door repeatedly but overall an interesting diversion. Not without merit but it is hugely silly!