这是一部典型的70年代英式恐怖小品，节奏快得惊人，全片几乎没有冷场，除了女主在地下室“磨刀”那段稍显沉闷外，其他时刻都在疯狂抛出骇人情节。 这绝对是恐怖片发烧友不可错过的经典，如果你喜欢《深闺惊魂》这种带有心理惊悚和哥特风格的片子，千万别错过。 推荐给那些不追求血浆，却痴迷于氛围渲染、对“怪奇事物”和异域风情感兴趣的影迷。如果你喜欢充满英式cult风、脑洞大开且带有强烈个人风格的邪典电影，这部片子绝对值得一看。看惯了同期希区柯克式精密悬疑的朋友，不妨来看看这种英国式的快节奏妖风。 特伦斯·希尔和伊恩·亨特贡献了精彩的表演，将父子间的冲突与庄园内的压抑氛围演绎得淋漓尽致。

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil.　　A very good anthology of tales, written by Robert Bloch and directed by Freddie FRancis, for Amicus, an icon of this kind of movie. The tales are uneven, sure, but they are all at least good, till the perfect final one, the Man who collected Poe, with Jack Palance and Peter Cushing, a great idea, and a marvelous tale to watch. Very good Burgess Meredith as Diabolo the Great, the host for these tales. Unfortunately for us all, this kind of movies are a thing from the past and today we don't get any more gems like this. A must see