Lots of wind. Very stylish. Nice wind. Fell a bit flat for me. A lot of wind. Strange dubbing. Did I mention the wind? If I lived there, it wouldn't be for long.

Loved the vibe of this movie. Gothic old horror vibes. I vibe with this shit. Damn sometimes I just wanna be goth and chill ín my goth home haha

A masterpiece of a film that I disliked for 90% of its runtime; the twist flipped all of those ill feelings on their heads. What seems like an uncritical portrayal of a power fantasy turned out to be a critique of that very thing, of how cycles of abuse echo and destroy people psychologically long after they've been laid to rest. I felt I was watching a boring Dracula rip off, only for it to be revealed that Bava is subverting the tropes and using my expectations for the genre as a fulcrum. The Gothic Hammer style is beautifully reimagined with Bava's signature, color-soaked style, the visual clue that I should have known this wasn't another Nosferatu clone. I have yet to truly enjoy a giallo film (I'm working on it), but this proto version? It has an emotional clarity and coherent narrative that many of those Italian slashers lack. It's got style AND substance. Check it out.

the near constant wind was hypnotizing after awhile. not a favorite of Bava works i've seen (A Bay of Blood is still the one probs) but still good. incredible dark spooky house setting and nice performances.

The film is set at the seaside and there is wind. Between the lines of dialogue the wind, over the dialogue the wind, half-obscuring the dialogue the wind; in the silence--just kidding, there is no silence; there is only wind. On the shore, in the parlor, in the catacombs, in the bedrooms, wind. I was literally 45 minutes in before I got to a scene where I could not hear the wind. This film is the cinematic equivalent of tinnitus and it annoyed the everliving hell out of me. I've watched it once; I doubt very much that I will ever watch it again. I wonder if anyone approached Bava about maybe toning it down, reeling it back; I wonder if later he thought that maybe he should have (yes: he should have).