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The weakest Hammer film I’ve ever watched. The synopsis (a domineering old hag imprisons her dead son's ex-girlfriend in the house, and through prayers and hunger strikes tries to force her to repent) is not completely futile, it’s quite original, but the director is such a buffoon. He’s absolutely incapable of giving tension to the scenes, you don't care what happens in the next minutes, the actors are more like an absurd panopticon. He can’t even build-up the ending, even though he had it all there. And most importantly, it has a horrible, horrible soundtrack, completely inappropriate to the action in the film. To exaggerate a bit, it’s as if you used Cannibal Corpse for the soundtrack of a kids show; here they use the jingle of a carousel. (2018-11-10)

Die! Die! My Darling! is another good film, shot in the UK, and it shows that going down the path of tension and atmosphere is truly possible, and that even after fifty years, it's a film that will disturb you. The ending could perhaps have been handled better, but there are some really well-directed moments that prove to you that this is simply something that is good. (2015-11-17)