Deadly Manor (1990)

Deadly Manor: Directed by José Ramón Larraz. With Clark Tufts, Greg Rhodes, Claudia Franjul, Mark Irish. A group of teenagers take refuge in an old, deserted mansion. Soon the members of the group start turning up dead, and the teenagers realize that they’re not alone in the mansion.

“A group of youngsters (I will not use the word u0026quot;teensu0026quot; as they obviously werenu0026#39;t) are heading out on a long journey to some lake. They decide to stop on their journey and pull up in some woods. The weather turns for the worse so they break into a large, creepy looking u0026quot;abandonedu0026quot; house, which obviously isnu0026#39;t abandoned. In fact, being a slasher movie, it is the home to a homicidal maniac!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSpaniard Jose Ramon Larraz had previously made some good films. But like many other horror directors the quality of his later work declined, this being an example. For a start the quality of acting ranges from wooden to passable. The kids must be really dumb to think that nobody lives in the house when it is clearly still lived in, there is even yesterdayu0026#39;s newspaper there (one character exclaims u0026quot;Nothing in this house makes any sense!u0026quot;) The killings take a while to get going and when they do there is not much gore, most are quick throat slashes. The only reason that I can think of as to why this is rated 18 in the UK is down to the nudity and a sex scene involving the very attractive Jennifer DeLora. The most interesting fact is that the large house in which the film is set was somebodyu0026#39;s real home and all of the furniture etc was genuine, not set up. AKA u0026quot;Savage Lustu0026quot; on VHS, I watched it on Blu-ray and the 2K restoration was excellent. There were plans for a sequel, it never happened and thatu0026#39;s probably no bad thing!”