Liza ( Catriona MacColl) inherits the defunct Seven Doors Hotel in Louisiana and plans to reopen it. Unbeknownst to her. an angry mob had killed a suspected warlock in the hotel in the 1920s as he completed a disturbing painting which they believed would open a doorway to death.
Liza is determined to push on with her renovation of the hotel and dismisses any warnings telling her to stop; be they from the creepy blind chick, Emily (Cinzia Monreale), or the sudden, gruesome death of her plumber, Joe (Giovanni De Nava) during maintenance work in the hotel's basement. As things begin to get weird, Liza seeks help from Dr. McCabe (David Warbeck) who believes that there must be a logical explanation for all the weirdness. Much to their disappointment, they are soon proved wrong...
A fun, juicy Fulci classic that brings a lot of beautiful, dark imagery punctuated with a lot of gore and an equal amount of weird dialogue and somewhat meandering plot. We are also treated to the longest, most intense scene about a man's face being devoured by a mixture of real and puppet tarantulas ever. Complete with odd, chirpy sound effects!
The plot can be fairly incoherent and our characters are prone to bad decision making... The dead are coming back to life? Let's hide in the hospital morgue! But any fan of Lucio Fulci in general will probably find this film entertaining and worthy of a watch. If you're feeling really keen you could enjoy the full Gates of Hell Trilogy and team this film up with its 1980 forerunner "City of the Living Dead" and its classy little sister (and personal favourite of mine) "The House by the Cemetery" (1981).
[Image: Fulvia Films]
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