the audience applauded

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Holy Mary Mother Of God, horror parodies can be really bad when not handled properly (see Transylvania 6,500, Saturday The 14th and Haunted Honeymoon for further reference)… and this obscure little British entry is one of the worst of the lot. Tiresome beyond belief, the makers somehow managed to persuade some talented stars to lend their faces to this garbage. Vincent Price, for example, as a 700 year old cult leader who swears a lot; Kenny Everett as a paranormal investigator who was formerly a brilliant surgeon in Germany until he accidentally dropped his monocle into a patient's insides during an operation; Pamela Stephenson as a lisping scientist who ends up getting the best sex of her life from a randy poltergeist; and Graham Stark as a blind man who inadvertently destroys everything in his path wherever he goes. On paper it sounds almost funny, but in reality sadly it never gets that far… in fact, this pitiful film is buried irretrievably several feet below rock bottom.Following the massacre of 18 people at a creepy country manor, a number of scientists visit the house in question several years later to investigate high levels of radioactivity at the site. Here they experience numerous supernatural goings-on as they try to find out what's going on. Meanwhile, a number of local villagers led by a700 year old cultist (Vincent Price) march upon the house and attempt to 'cleanse' it of the unwelcome outsiders.The plot itself doesn't hang together for a second and there's little point wasting another word trying to describe it. Instead, the film unfolds like a series of randomly connected comedy skits, sometimes poking fun at other horror films as they go. Everett hacks down a door with an axe, a la Jack Nicholson, in order to tell the girl inside that it's dinner time. Whilst walking through a dingy tunnel, one woman looks up and screams "Bat!" – a moment later a cricket bat falls down and clonks someone on the head. At one point Everett stops midway through a meal, clutches at his stomach while an alien life-form rises up inside him, then burps and excuses himself. That's the general level of humour throughout, with lots of infantile toilet humour thrown in for good measure. The film is extremely tedious and barely raises a single smile during its entire running time. Most depressing of all is the absolute waste of horror icon Price, in a role that simply has to be seen to be disbelieved. The kindest summary I can come up with is that Bloodbath At The House Of Death is about as funny as a serial rapist. Avoid.

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

Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night.It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a minister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.....This film sounded like such a good idea on paper. Kenny Everett, one of the funniest comedians of the eighties, joined by other well known British actors, written by Barry Cryer, and featuring Vincent Price. What on earth could go wrong? Virtually everything goes wrong, bar one joke involving a musical instrument and a toilet.The story is poor, and the script is just one long list of unfunny innuendos that even a below average Carry on Film would be ashamed of.The cast do their best with the material, but it doesn't work, and the whole thing falls flat.This had so much potential too. Believe me this is one movie where the title is much better than the movie.

Horror deity Vincent Price is my favorite actor, and the credited name of his character in "Bloodbath at the House of Death" - 'Sinister Man' - more or less describes the roles this great man played with brilliance throughout his fantastic career. "Bloodbath at the House of Death" (1984) is a title that is impossible not to love for a fan of Horror and Cult-cinema, and while the film is neither a particular highlight nor exactly a bloodbath, it is an enjoyably bizarre spoof that Price-fans should give a try, even though the master's role is regrettably small. The film stars British Comedian Kanny Everett; I don't really know the man's other work, but as it seems, he was a funny guy.In 1975, Headstone Manor was the site of the grisly murders of 18 people. Some years later, a couple of Scientists including Dr. Lukas Manderville (Kenny Everett) and Dr. Barbara Coyle (Pamela Stephenson) gather at the the rural mansion, which is now known as the 'House of Death' in order to investigate strange phenomena..."Bloodbath at the House of Death" parodies Gothic Horror and Occult Horror films as well as Slashers. Primarily, however, the film is full of extremely bizarre slapstick humor. This is great fun at the beginning, but I must say that the non-stop slapstick and fart-jokes gets a bit monotonous towards the end. Fans of weirdness and bizarre humor should still like this, however, as it doesn't get a lot more grotesque than "Bloodbath at the House of Death". Vincent Price is, as always, magnificent in his role here. Price is hilarious as a warlock and leader of a Satanic coven who is aptly credited 'Sinister Man'. His screen time is regrettably short though. Kenny Everett is also very funny in his role, as are the other cast members. Pamela Stephenson is particularly funny, and very sexy even though she plays a nerdy scientist. The murders in the film are amusingly bizarre and the gore-effects are hilarious. "Bloodbath at the House of Death" isn't a particular highlight and certainly no Comedy masterpiece, but overall, it is a fun flick for my fellow Vincent Price fans and lovers of bizarre humor. Recommended.