Classic Italian splatter directed by Lucio Fulci, reviled and adored in equal proportions by Euro-horror fans. The story begins in a spooky New Orleans hotel in 1927, where a painter of the macabre named Schyke (Gianpaolo Saccarola) has been messing around
with the book of Eibon, the gates of hell and other matters best left alone. He's murdered by an angry mob, but 50 years later young Lisa (Katherine MacColl) comes from New York to reopen the hotel, and the creepy stuff starts up again. Workmen are killed in mysterious accidents, her architect
(Michele Mirabella) is devoured by spiders while trying to research the hotel's history, the call bell from Schyke's room...
Released:
1981
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins