What's considered as Argento's ultimate masterpiece by his admirers turns out to be just what all of his pubescent and exploitative schlock movies are: a succession of more or less well-handled gruesome killings with only the barest necessities of storytelling to link them. Acting, dialogue, narrative: it's all quite intolerable.
But this time, even Argento's few strengths have mostly deserted him: the whodunit puzzling of his giallo plots - as stupid as they are - is sorely missed, the murders are boring (except for one doggy moment) and the finale is a howler.
On the plus side, there's great location atmosphere, some nice shots, lots of Technicolor window-dressing and another effective Goblin soundtrack.
3 out of 10 experts on witchcraft who bear a striking resemblance to Pepe Nietnagel's Dr. Knörz
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