A
doctor runs an insane asylum where he keeps a lot of women in cages and occasionally
lets his hunchback assistant whip them.
His wife comes to stay with him in his mansion and is rightfully freaked
out by the loonies running about. When
townsfolk start being found murdered in the nearby woods, a sheriff comes to
investigate. Gee… do you think the
doctor’s crazy sister could be the cause of all this?
Help
Me… I’m Possessed! would make a great double bill with Bloodsucking Freaks. I’m not saying that because there’s an awesome
scene involving a guillotine either. It’s
not quite as explicit as that flick, but it has the same anything-goes lunacy. In some ways, it’s so reminiscent of a
Herschell Gordon Lewis movie with touches of Ed Wood along the way. Heck, there are some moments that might remind
you of Manos, the Hands of Fate.
What
I’m trying to say is that this is a great fucking bad movie.
The
dungeon sets are cheap looking, but I wouldn’t want them to look any other
way. They’re absolutely perfect. The scenes of women in their underwear being
strung up while crazed lunatics rattle their cages will sear themselves into
your brain long after you watch it.
The
POV stalking shots are a thing of beauty too.
An unseen killer slowly creeps up on unsuspecting (and sometimes
suspecting) victims. All they can do is
just raise their hands and allow the red tentacled monster (or whatever the
Hell it is) kill them while being splattered with the most ‘70s looking blood
you’ve ever seen.
The
low budget craftsmanship (or lack thereof) is endearing. The dated costumes, groovy music, stilted
acting, and awful wigs are guaranteed to put a smile on any bad movie lovers’
faces. The surprise is, the monster
effects are startlingly effective. The
writhing tentacles are similar in many ways to Rob Bottin’s effects in John
Carpenter’s The Thing, even if they do resemble sentient Red Vines.
Also,
no one gets possessed, says, “Help me”, or says, “Help me… I’m possessed!”,
which somehow makes it all even better.
AKA: The Possessed.
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