It could be a question in a quiz show - "Name a film co-starring Frankie Howerd and Ray Milland". With a great supporting cast, they lead us through a spoof on the horror genre, with no cliché left unturned: Gothic house, mysterious Indian servant, snakes in the cellar, Something Nasty in the attic, scary faces at he window, and so on. Needless to say, the plot is secondary.
Howerd's outrageous excesses in shows like "Up Pompei" would have been hard to take over a full-length film, and he sensibly tones it down a bit without losing any of the facial antics he is so well known for. Milland is a suitably sinister foil. Great cinema it is not, but it's all great fun and strongly recommended to fans of British comedy.
Howerd's outrageous excesses in shows like "Up Pompei" would have been hard to take over a full-length film, and he sensibly tones it down a bit without losing any of the facial antics he is so well known for. Milland is a suitably sinister foil. Great cinema it is not, but it's all great fun and strongly recommended to fans of British comedy.