Don't let the horrid title of this well written horror film fool you. It is quite stunning as a thriller, a reminder that Nazi's still were around in the mid 1960's, and that any type of scientific knowledge in the wrong hands could create a different kind of horror that the Nazi's never got to put into practice. The hard looking Martin Kosleck, a great portrayer of various movie Nazi's, adds one final great villain to his gallery. He's like the Dr. Moreau of Hitler's Germany, on an island in the Atlantic, preparing his greatest tool of destruction. What is deadly, if unseen for most of the film, becomes one of the ugliest monsters in movie history, and there are no unintentional laughs when it makes its appearance.
The performances of Byron Sanders, Barbara Wilkin, and especially Rita Morley and Ray Tudor are all quite good, with Morley playing a drunken Tallulah Bankhead type movie actress and Tudor as a love spouting beatnik who lands on the island out of nowhere. Certainly there are some crazy, silly moments, but it is quite chilling. The title indicates some gross horrific visuals, but fortunately that never happens. It's a lot of fun, and very eerie.
The performances of Byron Sanders, Barbara Wilkin, and especially Rita Morley and Ray Tudor are all quite good, with Morley playing a drunken Tallulah Bankhead type movie actress and Tudor as a love spouting beatnik who lands on the island out of nowhere. Certainly there are some crazy, silly moments, but it is quite chilling. The title indicates some gross horrific visuals, but fortunately that never happens. It's a lot of fun, and very eerie.