The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 374 1970s horror movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Sardu, master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his assistant Ralphus run a show in which, under the guise of 'magic', they torture and murder people in front of their audience. But what the punters see as a trick is actually real.
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
131 audience votes
Key crew
- Joel M. ReedDirector
- Joel M. ReedWriter
- Michael SahlOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Seamus O'BrienSardu
- Viju KremNatasha Di Natalie
- Niles McMasterTom Maverick
- Dan FauciPolice Sgt. John Tucci
- Alan DellayCreasy Silo
- Luis De JesusRalphus
- Helen ThompsonSardu's Assistant - Curled Hair
- Ellen FaisonSardu's Assistant - Straight Hair
- Alphonso DeNobleMiddle Eastern White Slaver
- Lynette SheldonDoctor's Compensaion
- Crystal SyncCaged Girl - Light Brown Hair
- Rita MontoneMaya
Stills
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Themes
sexual abusecorruptionamputationdegradationmasochismdominatrixsadomasochismmurderdead bodychainsawtorturedomination