The giallo genre is synonymous with gloved madmen, creepy music, gruesome murders, and female nudity. Murder Mansion lacks all of these traits and comes off as movie of the week fare. Think Giallo-lite. It's a shame too because this movie features some beautiful women, Lisa Leonardi as backpacker Laura, Analia Gade as mentally unstable Elsa, and Ida Galli, billed here as Evelyn Stewart as the housekeeper/vampire/conspirator Martha Clinton.
The comparisons to Scooby-Doo are numerous on this page and none of them are unwarranted. The plot begins as five travelers are forced to stay the night in a mansion that was supposedly owned by a witch complete with undead followers. We eventually learn that all is not as it appears and the real motives are finally addressed with lackluster results.
Let me state for the record that I personally don't believe that Murder Mansion is a poor movie. I'm more disappointed in what it lacks than the content itself which at times is well acted. The murders are beyond tame ranging from a lame heart-attack to an anonymous hanging woman that bears no meaning to the plot. Some scenes hint at showing the lovely figures of the aforementioned ladies yet only provide nude backs and nothing more. Come on! I'm not a Mormon for God's sake! It does supply hot vehicle juxtapositioning action as the movie begins with a four-and-a-half plus minute montage of lane changing madness! Zoinks! You can do better than this scare free flick.
The comparisons to Scooby-Doo are numerous on this page and none of them are unwarranted. The plot begins as five travelers are forced to stay the night in a mansion that was supposedly owned by a witch complete with undead followers. We eventually learn that all is not as it appears and the real motives are finally addressed with lackluster results.
Let me state for the record that I personally don't believe that Murder Mansion is a poor movie. I'm more disappointed in what it lacks than the content itself which at times is well acted. The murders are beyond tame ranging from a lame heart-attack to an anonymous hanging woman that bears no meaning to the plot. Some scenes hint at showing the lovely figures of the aforementioned ladies yet only provide nude backs and nothing more. Come on! I'm not a Mormon for God's sake! It does supply hot vehicle juxtapositioning action as the movie begins with a four-and-a-half plus minute montage of lane changing madness! Zoinks! You can do better than this scare free flick.