Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) Fantasy spoofs are starting to become more common again. But in this movie, it's so silly, it's hardly known by a few. Vincent Price is the only star I know in this movie, as always, playing someone sinister. Here you have a group of scientists who set up equipment to test an old manor that is used as a retreat years earlier. The manor has a secret that is known by the locals as a place of evil. 18 people who visit the place years ago were murdered in grisly fashion. So when the scientists came, one of them is a former surgeon who was ridiculed by his colleagues. Weird things go on inside the manor, the surgeon's partner has a encounter with a poltergeist, who gives her pleasure. So when the the leader of an alien satanic cult demands their departure, he goes to extreme lengths to rid them. So he called out on the head being, and they set fire to create look-alike of the unwelcomed guests, they first get rid of their worshipers. Then next, they get rid of the scientists, and the fashioned are even more gruesome. The only survivor is the one who had the one night stand with the poltergeist. Very amusing all the way, a must see gem of sorts. 2 out of 5 stars.

Scarecrow-88 Mediocre spoof of Horror and sci-fi features Vincent Price in a minor role as a Satanic Warlock who gathers up his town of worshipers to disrupt an obnoxious group of paranormal researchers visiting a supposed haunted house where a series of bloody murders took place. At times Monty Python-ish parodying prevails..if only the gags and one-liners were as funny as the filmmakers wanted them to be. They try really hard, but I have to say I laboured through it instead of enjoying the film from start to finish. Bizarre gore murders such as a man being pulled into a toilet, a woman's throat being attacked by a monster which emerges from the mold on a colleague's arm, a victim stabbed by a teddy bear(!), a female victim getting "raped"(..blissfully, in this case, unlike THE ENTITY)by a ghost, and one woman getting beheaded by a sword(..it glows like a Star Wars light saber, an obvious poke at the George Lucas flicks). There's a poke at Carrie where a punished girl(..she kissed her boyfriend)causes her deeply fanatically religious mom's beheading. A lot of paranormal activity where objects fly across rooms and break, along with blood coming out faucets and walls. Dopplegangers from hell killing off their human counterparts in the Headstone Manor is quite an unusual touch, I must admit.The film is a good-natured spoof, but I found the humor itself rather lacking in quality. I'm sure this film, though, will have a fervent following if it were to get a DVD release. Perhaps there's a reason why it hasn't, though. I guess the film's best gore gag would be a badly orchestrated surgical procedure where our lead paranormal scientist loses his monocle inside the body of a patient as his aids laugh hysterically. I'm sure Vincent Price fans will have a good time seeing him swear, gleefully theatrical, parodying his image. I wish there was more of him and less of everybody else. I admit, I was incredibly excited(..maybe, TOO excited)when I found a rare VHS copy of this at a local rental store going out of business, so a degree of disappointment was too be expected. The cast take great pride lampooning the British kind of stage acting, quite animated in their expressions, really letting it hang out unrestrained, but I didn't particularly find very much really gut-bustingly funny..maybe, I'm not part of that crowd targeted. There are lots of sex jokes and gags, even some homosexual humor. I think the film's biggest misstep is not featuring Price as the central character, even though Kenny Everett has some shining moments. The ET gag with Pamela Stephenson's body being sexually ravaged by the ghost who molested her the first time, her silhouette flying across the image of the moon is certainly a strange moment towards the end. The version I watched suffered from poor picture quality and sound so I would perhaps respond better to a remastered edition.

fedor8 Horror comedies are often problematic because the humour is too cheap, too obvious. (Although this could be also said for "regular" comedies made in recent years.) The bulk of the gags in BITHOD are also unfunny, but there are some genuinely funny moments, most of which come only later on in the movie: "The Silent Fart" novel, Everett looking for his glass among the organs, Vincent Price telling the bar-maid to "p**s off", Price informing his followers that "Satan" told them to "gather all the faggots and burn them", and Everett the alien zombie/clone taking a leak in the bushes. However, there aren't many others apart from these.Aside from Price (who has an obvious penchant for comedy), and to an extent Everett, another thing that benefits this movie is the photography, the way it was made. It does have a nice feel to it, in spite of the regular cheesiness i.e. the bad gags.

Richard Tooley This movie is a classic - it must be, I have been living in Russia and seen 2 copies for sale (legal of course) on DVD (converted from VHS). I still laugh just thinking about it!!! It is so corny but clever. I VAS ZE VORLDS GREATEST!!!! The music to jaws on the bass and the toilet / Hall scene. Making love with a ghost .. . then "I guess I will never see you again" The scene in the pub. The two gay men in the car.. . The song. . . . . Its just great. the thing I notice the most is there is no swearing!!! its just clever This movie is one you can watch many times and as you see it more often, you start to pick up more and more subtle things.