Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu-Manchu (1969)

Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu-Manchu: Directed by Jesús Franco. With Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Howard Marion-Crawford, Günther Stoll. An evil Chinese mastermind plots to freeze the Earth’s oceans.

“Castle of FuManchu, The (1968) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e* 1/2 (out of 4)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe fifth and final film in Christopher Leeu0026#39;s FuManchu series is considered by many to be the worst but I personally found it so bad that I was able to have a little fun with it. The film has FuManchu (Lee) once again trying to take over the world and by now you might be asking when the guy is just going to give up and go home. Anyway, this time he plans on freezing all the oceans in the world so he kidnaps a doctor to perform an operation on the one man who knows how to do such a thing. THE CASTLE OF FUMANCHU isnu0026#39;t a good movie so you shouldnu0026#39;t go into the film expecting anything other that pure silliness. Thereu0026#39;s no question this is a bad movie but thankfully itu0026#39;s bad enough to be mildly entertaining but Iu0026#39;m sure most people will be smart enough to hit the eject button by the thirty-minute mark. Once again Lee appears to have only enough energy to cash a paycheck as heu0026#39;s obviously not too thrilled about doing this picture. As in the previous film, Lee pretty much just sleepwalks through the film and offers up very little energy. The supporting cast includes Gunther Stoll playing the doctor, Jose Manuel Martin as an opium dealer and cult favorite Rosalba Neri playing an assassin. These supporting players are certainly one of the few good things in the film. The film has a bigger budget than most Franco pictures but thatu0026#39;s not saying too much because we still get all sorts of cheapness including some stock footage from the Titanic picture A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, which certainly doesnu0026#39;t mix well with any of the new footage. The film does have some decent cinematography but thereu0026#39;s just not enough here to make it worth viewing. Fans of Lee, Franco or FuManchu are bound to be disappointed with this film, which turned out to be the last in the series.”