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Fans of giallo movies have been waiting for Argento to make a new film in the traditional giallo mold for many years. This film does not disappoint, in fact I would say it is a triumph! After reading the negative reviews I expected a very poor film this however is a highly polished, intelligently plotted, suspenseful and gory visual and audio feast - superb! The news that Argento is working on another giallo is very welcome, lets hope this opens the doors for a resurgence in giallo cinema once more.

Obviously the director wanted to make a veggie/cannibal horror movie for children. The notion that it's more tasteful to transform human victims into veg before eating them is quite clever and allows the director to show some quite intense scenes especially the Goblins final feast, which I thought was quite disgusting. Acting, direction, special effects and script conspire to make this an unforgettable and very entertaining experience.

A morbid little TV movie in the style of "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense" or "Tails of the Unexpected". Viewers expecting fulci's ultra violent horror may be disappointed. Even so, given the limited budget and TV format he added a realistic autopsy scene together with repeated shots of a corpse in various stages of maggot ridden decay. The only thing that works against this film is that every scene is shot in soft-focus and very brightly lit, which spoils the overall effect. Also it has a happy ending a rarity for a Fulci movie.

Not an essential film by any means but certainly one for fulci's fans. Wait for the end titles though as it includes an odd dedication to Clive Barker from Fulci.