Surveying his recently inherited castle, a middle-aged man follows a naked woman wandering the halls into the cellar. When he approaches, she brandishes a bejeweled sword and quickly decapitates him. We then flashback fifty years earlier (we are told this by a voiceover which never makes another appearance) to the past owner of the castle finding a young woman treed by his loyal German Shepard. Naturally, they fall in love and are quickly wed. After she moves into the estate, she begins to grow suspicious of her husband as he refuses to consummate the marriage, is quick to anger and is obviously hiding something in his cellar dungeon. Could it be that a mysterious group of red-robed monks have demanded of him a virgin sacrifice? Yep. That’s pretty much it. Fulci produced this old dark house style fright flick, which is low on splat but has enough going on to somewhat entertain. There’s a good chance your mind will begin to wander as a defense against dullness. Those fake-ass tarantulas from The Beyond make an appearance and that pleases me.
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