maarck6 Classic British exploitation with overblown melodrama, sex, nudity, violence, amputation, blood, an explosive climax, dynamite, mystery, thrills, chills, and lots of pretty British babes. Well and competently acted, this is clearly a groundbreaking slasher, as only The Bay Of Blood (1971) came first, while other more well known movies , Black Christmas (1974), The Hills Have Eyes (1977), and Friday The 13th (1980) all came later. This also one of the few over-the-top exploitation movies to feature inbreed nutjobs, at least in British cinema. I saw this movie at a drive-in years after its initial release and loved the gothic atmosphere of it. It's not great cinema, but it IS great fun. Well worth seeing for fans of the genre. I'm giving it nine stars because I have a soft spot for this flick, results for others may vary. Would not have been out of place in the old American pulps of the thirties and early forties. Get a couple of cold ones and just sit back and enjoy the mayhem.

HumanoidOfFlesh A group of sex-starved,pot-smoking and constantly quarreling archaeologists travel to a lighthouse-island called Snape Island,where three American teenagers were butchered by unknown killer.It's reported that there is a treasure hidden in the Phoenician tomb on wind-swept isle.When they reach the shore of Snape Island they quickly become hunted and murdered by elusive killer.Ugly and gory British shocker set on an abandoned island with creepy looking lighthouse.The characters are often unpleasant and irritating,so I had fun watching them die.There is plenty of sex and nudity and the gore is quite nasty."Tower of Evil" aka "Horror on the Snape Island" will surely creep you out.8 out of 10.

Scarecrow-88 Snape Island, containing a lighthouse, with caves underneath containing artifacts/treasure(..basically a few necklaces, ancient sword, sarcophagus, & idol statue) of a Phoenican god, is the setting for this horror film(..which also goes under the title, "The Tower of Evil")from director Jim O'Connolly(The Valley of Gwangi). This island is supposedly accursed and a group of young adults are found there, three brutally murdered with a fourth in a state of catatonic shock, having stabbed a fisherman's father out of hysteria. An archaeological team, along with a detective, and the fisherman(..with a new assistant, a hippie family member whose the kind of person who likes to move around a lot with no goals or care for what the future holds)decide to boat to Snape Island to seize the Phoenician artifacts, but run into the very one responsible for the previous murders. The fisherman, Hamp(Jack Watson)tells the group of his kin, a relative who was not right in the head, his kind, doting wife and their child who lived on the island which ended in tragedy. Ambiguous regarding his relative's fate, the others wonder what happened to him, finding out the hard way that this lunatic resides in the caves below, surfacing to possibly coordinate attacks on them. Dan & Adam(Derek Fowlds & Mark Edwards) are at odds with each other over the pretty, slender, tender-voiced Rose(Jill Haworth). Adam was once attached to Rose, but she broke off their engagement. Rose has been having an affair with Dan, but he's married to luscious nymphomaniac Nora(Anna Palk, who is quite a lusty, tasty dish)who won't grant him a divorce. Brent(Bryant Haliday) is a detective hired to prove that the only witness to the killings was indeed innocent of the crimes, committing the one murder because she was in total shock believing she was defending herself against a madman out to kill her. Hamp's nephew Brom(Gary Hamilton)eyes Nora, hoping to score with an older, experienced woman, and I certainly can understand the logic considering she's a total babe. Not long after landing ashore, they begin hearing a flute and perhaps whimpering. They know someone is on the island and this could very well be the real killer. Considering the power it'd take to stick a young man through a wall with a golden sword, the suspect, a gentle, beautiful virginal innocent(Candace Glendenning)seems to be unable of such a feat of strength. We watch as the group attempts to find the location of the caves and the killer. After their boat has been dynamited and radio smashed, the group are in dire shape, needing to survive first and then find a way of getting off the damned island.I was startled at the sexually frank dialogue and overall nature of the film. Being that it was British(..normally reserved filmmakers)I was taken aback at how naughty Nora was in her approach to men, both her downgrading of husband Dan and subtle seduction of young stud Brom(..she doesn't have to do much, but has a keen way of inviting lust). The film features a great deal of nakedness and graphic violence. The traumatized girl, Penelope, for instance, is naked on the Snape beach with her new boyfriend, both battling the temptation of sexual activity. When Penelope attacks Hamp's father, she's naked with a knife. A curving dagger, a Phoenician weapon, is used to stab and sever heads. The film yields an entertaining twist regarding who might actually be the killer, although I think astute viewers will see it coming. When a possible suspect unveils his hideous condition after living in the caves for such a long time(..carrying the appearance of a Neanderthal with a speech impediment)we get a sense of his power when provoked by a flaming torch..he snaps a victim's head like a twig once he gains an advantage. The island and tower are clearly studio built losing a bit of authentic realism I feel was needed for atmospheric purposes. Still, I had some fun with this one but wouldn't call it a good film by any stretch of the imagination. It sure isn't boring, though. Great scene where a female corpse features prominently in moving towards the direction of who the killer(s)might be.

preppy-3 A bunch of kids are found murdered on a remote island. Only one is alive and totally insane. It's determined that she killed everyone else. Another group travels out to the island to see what happened and find out that she didn't do it. Something is loose on the island and starts to hunt them down...A pretty dull horror film. All the characters are unpleasant (you WANT them all dead), the acting is bad, there are horrible 1970s fashions and the killings are (for the most part) pretty mild. Also you see a bunch of British actors all trying (badly) to fake American accents (the kids who are killed first). Heck, one guy had to be dubbed in! There is plenty of nudity--the girls show their chests, the boys only their butts. What really kills this film though is the confused script which has the characters doing incredibly stupid things.SPOILERS AHEAD!!! They all know a killer is with them on the island so they immediately separate leaving the women alone; a woman stands and just screams endlessly as her boyfriend gets hacked up in front of her (this happens TWICE!) and a woman tries to escape from the killer by running upstairs. Also these people seem to get over the deaths of their companions very quickly. Look how Dan gets over his wife's death and how they all react to Bron's dead body. SPOILERS END!!!The DVD transfer from Elite is great--widescreen, good print and in strong color...but the movie just isn't good. I heard this helped kill the British film industry--it's easy to see why! I give it a 4.