Vivekmaru45 Stuart Gordon is a well known director among fans of horror films. He has made some cult horror films such as Re-Animator(1985), From Beyond(1986) and Dagon(2001). In this film, an Italian Duchess delivers a baby, Giorgio Osina and keeps it locked away in a basement cell, hidden from the public. Slowly, this child reaches adolescence and develops sexual appetites which it cannot fulfill naturally, because of its severed penis. A lot of years pass, the old Duchess dies of old age and John Reilly(Jeffrey Coombs) inherits the castle of the late Duchess. He moves in with his wife Susan(Barbara Crampton) and blind daughter Rebecca(Jessica Dollarhide) unaware of the gruesome creature locked away in the basement. Sometime later, Rebecca stumbles across the basement and finds the door of the cell where Giorgio is kept prisoner. He is aroused and desperately tries to free himself. He breaks off his own thumb to get out of the manacles that bind him to the wall.Watch the film to find out what happens next.Verdict: The plot is meager and really not at all good. The special-effects are average as well as the sound-effects. This film doesn't feel like a typical Stuart Gordon film. We see two actors from previous Gordon movies like Jeffrey Coombs and Barbara Crampton. Jeffrey has the bulk of the lines in the movie and though he carries the weight of the whole film on his shoulders, he fails to shine. Barbara has a very small role in the film and doesn't make any impact on the film.Johnathan Fuller is excellent in his portrayal of the freakish Giorgio. As the title character of the film he plays a depraved individual with unnatural sexual appetites. The gore in the film is graphic, but today's generation will find this film rather tame.More Stuart Gordon films: Robot Jox(1989), The Pit and the Pendulum(1991), Fortress(1992. Must see film starring Christopher Lambert).Thanks for reading. Live long and prosper.

tcgoldenvideo I have been a fan of Full Moon for years but somehow Castle Freak always passed under the radar for me. However, I finally checked it out this past week and damn is it a gem. This movie doesn't pull any punches (something you rarely see in films these days). The freak's face is grotesque as Hell! He also runs around naked with his junk cut off for the entire movie which really adds to the film's authentically creepy feel.I mean, don't get me wrong, there's A LOT of cheese here (the final battle is especially ridiculous) but for a film that's almost twenty years old, it certainly doesn't fail to entertain."

gabedrumminggamer While I myself have not read any of H.P. Lovecraft's work,I believe this film is one of the better adaptations. Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, and Barbara Crampton are back again with "Castle Freak". I overall enjoyed this film. It has an interesting, sad plot, a tortured, deformed freak, and a divided family who has to deal with it before it kills them. Oh, not to mention rather disgusting and sickening gore, which I enjoyed.Although I have seen much better horror films before, I was entertained and enjoyed the movie. And, yes, this is one of Full Moon Features's better films. I recommend this film to H.P. Lovecraft fans, Stuart Gordon fans, Jeffrey Combs fans, and deformed freak fans.

doctorgonzo64 This movie was a disappointment. The story is essentially The Shining with a castle (or a very cheap set masquerading as a castle, to be specific) substituting as the hotel and a monster instead of the ghosts. The budget is the same you'd see from a Cinemax softcore porn, as is the photography, sets, lighting, and video it was shot on. The story is a failed attempt at sincerity: there's no easier way to make your audience feel sympathetic for your characters than to show them experiencing emotional trauma. And the trauma in this movie is pretty trite. Want an example? A blind girl listening to a language tape teaching the Italian words for colors begins to cry at what she will never see.This movie had a few things going for it, however: the monster is actually pretty cool, pretty scary-looking. And there is a pretty decent amount of nudity from Raffaella Offidani, herself a star of Italian "erotic" films. The gore, however, leaves much to be desired, as does the acting, even from the experienced Jeffrey Combs.Other than this I've only seen two other Stuart Gordon films: Re-Animator and From Beyond, both of which were outstanding. But I won't let this little footnote in his career keep me from watching many more of his movies.