Castle Freak Reviews

Very recommendable little B series of horror from the regretted Stuart Gordon. If the monster of the castle needs fresh flesh, we are still far behind the brilliant "Re-Animator" by the same director.

the 1995 movie from co-writer/director Stuart Gordon about a family being left a castle in the father John Reilly's aunt's will; only to find another guest already living there. Starring Jeffery Combs as the main character John who becomes obsessed with the missing member of his family and the demise of his marriage due to a drunken crash killing their son and blinding their daughter. trying to cope with the loss but always reminded by it when seeing his daughter or even talking to his wife; she never lets it down until the family's life is in danger at the hands of the castle freak! Not much gore and/or violence occurs in the film until the second half of it, but overall isn't that bad of a film building up to all of it. The castle freak himself inst seen until the end half too, until then he covered himself with some sort of bed sheet; until he found out the daughter Rebecca was blind, and looks didn't matter to her one bit.. so off with the sheet as he presented the face and body of a neglected son due to spite for the father who left John's aunt all those years ago. Seeing movies for the first time have their ways of going alot quicker than once you've seen it and know what happens and when it gets good. for a first time watcher, i knew to expect something good even if it took a long time. Gordon's got quite a list of great horror flicks such as Re-animator, Form Beyond and Dolls so i knew this was either another good one to that list or just his one flop. I considered it a keeper, not as good as the other films mentioned but how can you step up from any of those films?

John Reilly: I didn't kill her, I fucked her, Okay?