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Web Of The Spider | 
| Director: Anthony M. Dawson
Actors: Peter Carsten, Karin Field, Anthony Franciosa, Klaus Kinski, Michele Mercier
Studio: BCI, a Navarre Corporation Company
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 46479
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 787364448395
EAN: 0787364448395
ASIN: B0001MMF46
Theatrical Release Date: 1972
Release Date: March 9, 2004
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 An outstanding, extraordinarily creepy masterpiece June 22, 2006
Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The plot to Web of Spider sounds a little hokey; a writer/journalist journeys to London to meet and interview Edgar Allan Poe, and he ends up spending a night in a haunted castle. I understand that this 1972 film is a remake of the black and white classic Castle of Blood, but having not yet seen the first film I can not compare the two. All I can say is that this is an extraordinarily, genuinely creepy movie. The inclusion of Edgar Allan Poe (played somewhat questionably by Klaus Kinski) is really quite unnecessary as the adventures at the castle more than stand on their own two feet. For his part, however, Poe claims that all of his stories are based on true events, and he has a new story in waiting when the American journalist Alan Foster (Tony Franciosa) accepts Lord Blackwood's bet that he cannot spend a full night in his haunted castle. I won't say much about what happens over the course of this strange night, except to say that it is far from just your typical haunted house story. The first ten or fifteen minutes of Alan's exploration of the house were really and truly creepy, on a level that had me engaging in my own dialogue with Foster. I remember saying "don't go in there" and "nothing good will come of this" several times. Years of sating my compulsion for horror in all its forms has all but atrophied my "spooks" nerve, but this movie dug way down and hit that nerve several times, much to my uncomfortable delight. I even sort of jumped once, and that is unheard of. br / br /I don't feel the movie was very predictable, either, and that is another reason I enjoyed it so much. I'm not saying it's difficult to see the ultimate conclusion coming, but I for one was never completely sure how things would play out until the very end. The Gothic look and feel to the movie is outstanding, really, and the cast (aside from Kinski) is superb. Michele Mercier is particularly captivating in her role. I would praise the other cast members one by one, for the effectiveness of this movie is a direct byproduct of their outstanding work, but I really do not want to risk giving away one single thing about the night's events. If you enjoy old school horror, especially of a richly Gothic variety, Web of the Spider is just what the doctor ordered. I hesitate to make a claim as bold as this, but, at least for the time being, this is the best, most deliciously creepy haunted house movie I have ever seen.
 Low Budget European Import. November 6, 2003
Robert S. Clay Jr. (St. Louis, MO., USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The only thing more amusing than a cheap domestic horror flick is an imported variety. The unwary viewer must accept Klaus Kinski (of all people) as Edgar Allan Poe. Then we have clean-shaven Tony Franciosa, wearing togs from the 1970s, as the 1840s guy who accepts the inevitable challenge to spend the night in the haunted castle. You get the idea. The film is weird rather than scary. Ghosts abound, but they don't jump out and say, Boo! The haunting wraiths have other things in mind. The picture begins to resemble a gothic romance, in places. At least it tries to be different. On the plus side, we can award points for effective atmosphere. The film might be considered as camp entertainment, but we aren't sure that the Italian filmmaker had purposeful satire in mind. The entertainment is strictly for die-hard fans of schlock horror flicks. (This reviewer is a master of this type of foolishness). In that context, it is worth collecting. Others beware. ;-)
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