Two people named
Professor Richard Austin (David Gaffney)
and Charles Sadler (David Akin) goes to
the aid of a one legged hypnotist named
Miss Helena Voyich (Julia Matias) after
they met her at a party introduced by Dr.
John Wilson (Robert Taminga) who claims
to be capable of mesmerism, a form of
very powerful hypnosis dismissed by
science in the late nineteenth century.
Charles has issues with his life after
killing his girlfriend (Tori Davis) and
stabbing himself in the hand but is
unconvinced but Richard agrees to be a
test subject so his doctor named Wilson
can submit a prize-worthy article.
Helena seems to interfere with his work
and ignores her other clients so she can
practice some voodoo on him and trying to
have him all to herself as she seems to
put him in a trance to kill others and
disrupting his relationship with his
girlfriend Audrey (Marissa Hall) in ways
she is largely unaware, and having his
maid (Isabel Setter) wake him up at noon
only for him to discover copious blood on
his clothing...
Slowly, Richard starts to lose his sanity
and has horrifying nightmares but can't
seem to put a stop to Helena's evil
doings.
I bought this as a
compilation of other underground horror
films titled Tomb of Terrors
as I almost expected it to be a no
budgeter but yet it carried quite a
descent picture quality.
The story is hard to understand at first
as it seems like just a mystery type of
drama but the horror gets going later on
as you start to wonder what is going to
happen next as this was nicely portrayed.
The acting is
fairly good as David Gaffney
does a nice job playing a university
teacher trying to have a good serious and
sane attitude and then really going crazy
for the times he needed to be. Well done.
Julia Matias played a nice bitter
type of voodoo hypnotist as she potrays a
nice smooth wicked attitude to her part.
David Akin really knew how to let
his painful expressions out as another
disturbed client who has been hypnotised.
Marissa Hall came across very nicely
as the fiance with a nice and loving
attitude to her part.
A hand is stabbed
A woman digs her hands inside a man's
chest during a lustful dream sequence
A guy chops off his fingers with an axe
Andrew Froemke seemed
to know his craft very well with this
film although during the beginning of
this film the dialogue was a little
rushed but he still made it effective
nonetheless.
There's a nice beginning with supporting
actor David Akin stabbing his
own hand and losing it.
We have a good shot on Marissa Hall
in a trance on a chair and Julia
Matias rubbing her neck and face.
We spot some good camera shots on David
Gaffney having a nightmare showing
different angle shots where he's sleeping
in his bed.
There are many nice shots on Matias
closing her eyes casting a spell with
candles around her.
We have a good and intense dialogue
between Gaffney and Matias
in her house when he tears something up
and screaming at her with her getting
emotional.
We have a nice shot on Gaffney teaching
his students at his college and then he's
in a trance with his eyes rolled up which
looked intense.
A nice shot on Akin shaving and
cutting himself losing control with a
nice whispering voice towards him.
A good shot on Aaron Caine as a
college student at a corner store looking
for something to drink with an
expressionless almost zombie like
presence by Gaffney approaching
towards him giving the scene a nice
horror effect but yet Gaffney
starts killing him which looked a little
fake.
We have a great reaction on Gaffney
after he hears the news about a murder
and crying uncontrollably which looks
realistic.
Another great outburst by Gaffney
almost losing it towards Matias as
she knew how to act believeably wicked
towards him.
Many good angle shots on both Hall
and Gaffney acting lustful in
bed turing into a gruesome event.
There's a nice gloomy presence on Akin
slowly coming into a room where
Matias is sitting and then he shows
nice insane expressions lifting an axe in
the air with her getting wickedly fresh.
A nice brief battle between Gaffney
and Akin.
Terrific powerful music
composed by Kristopher Carter
with great clear violin and synthesizer
playing with touches of mysterious flute
playing and banging sounds too.
Charles (After
being stabbed) Kill herrr.... Kill
herrr....
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