Hitchcoc This movie is so directionless and so lacking in anything positive, I can't really describe it. It's as if a couple guys sat down and came up with the silly title and then tried to create a movie around it. That's not an entirely bad way of coming up with a B movie, but this one is a true stinker from beginning to end. From the horrible acting, the stupid scenes of violence, the costuming, the dreadful plot. It's all here (or it isn't) I couldn't believe that as I post this, there have been 112 reviews. Think of the cures for diseases and scientific discoveries that could have taken place in the time wasted by all those people, including myself.

Mbakkel2 The film was directed by Ray Dennis Steckler, who also plays Jerry in this film. Ray must have been the 1960's answer to Nicholas Cage.A fortune teller at a fairground hypnotizes a young man to commit murders. Wait a minute, doesn't that sound a little bit like the plot of "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari"? The Caligari character in this film is a female and the Cesare character is a visitor at the fairground. This film is what Dr Caligari would have looked like if a sound version was made by an amateur. Compared to Ray Dennis Steckler, Ed Wood was William Wyler.I guess that most of the money was spent on the color film stock, which at that time was more expensive than the black and white stock. The story, the acting, the dance numbers are inferior, but the cinematography and the songs are enjoyable.

AllNewSux Billed as "the first monster musical" which I believe is an accurate statement although perhaps nothing to be proud of. The concept here is very original as are many of the movie's scenes. For me, the biggest problem with the film overall is the musical part. These are some of the worst performances from singers and dancers that I've ever seen! The folk singer Don Snyder is perhaps the most horrific thing in the film (sorry Don, but it's true). Overall, the whole thing is just confusing as to why what appears to be an all ages carnival would have strippers or interpretive dancers? The plot is kind of all over the place and many questions are left unanswered, but it's not trying to be some fascinating narrative. I'd guess Ray Dennis Steckler simply had this idea for a musical and he used the budget and the space he had to make something that while awful is at least quite interesting.The good parts I would point to would start with the main henchman Ortega. Not sure if he has makeup, a mask or is just normally hideous but he's an interesting, although far more useless version of Fritz or Ygor. The dream sequence that Steckler wrote is a rather creepy, surreal moment that I always enjoy watching. I'd also note that the "zombies" look fantastic although I'm not sure what they are would technically be zombies as we think of them. If so perhaps they are more in the sense of old school voodoo controlled people because they definitely aren't supposed to be dead. Unfortunately though, we don't get to see a lot of these well done title creatures which is typical of small budget horror cinema. Because of it's originality I would recommend seeing it in it's unadulterated form at least once. After you do that, you should just get the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the film because it's one of their best episodes and you'll be able to appreciate (perhaps tolerate is a better word) the movie much more...

bravesfan35 Like so many awful films, I could never bring myself to watch this without the Mystery Science Theater crew adding their many hilarious lines to the film. I don't understand how some people gave this film anything more than a 3-star rating. The movie is complete nonsense. It focuses more on cheesy dancing and singing than it does on zombies. You don't even see any zombies until near the very end of the movie and that's only briefly cause they all get shot within 3 or 4 minutes except for one of the stars of the film who leads 1 police officer on a long and boring chase along a beach before the cop finally shoots him. If you have any interest in seeing this film, please do it with MST3K.