...since the film takes place in and around a hotel and a monastery, NOT a mansion, and we're dealing more with ghosts than zombies here. Anyway, this one looks for a while like it might be one of Jess Franco's better movies: the Grand Canaria Island provides Franco with a striking location, and he is able to create an atmosphere of isolation. Also, the four girls that the film introduces are uncommonly lively and bubbly for a Franco film, and (of course!) they get naked a lot. Unfortunately, after about 30 minutes the story takes over, and there is no kind way of putting it: it's pure nonsense. Franco the director seems to know what he's doing with this film, but Franco the screenwriter does not. ** out of 4.
Review of Mansion of the Living Dead
