Directed by William Castle
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
William Castle's first foray into horror is an interesting black comedy but ultimately too juvenile to be taken seriously. Barnaby and Chrissie are the children brought to a remote island, the boy set to inherit a fortune and the girl to stay with her aunt. They are spoiled, precocious brats, particularly Barnaby, and not much fun to be around. Barnaby's eccentric uncle also arrives on the island, and reveals that he intends to kill Barnaby to get the inheritance. Boy and girl decide to kill uncle first, and most of the movie is the enjoyable back and forth as each side tries to outdo the other. You get murder attempts by poison, fire, tarantulas, hypnotism, plane crash, etc. However, the ending is abrupt and a huge disappointment.
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