Notable Cast: Barbara Nelli, Paul Müller, Gordon
Mitchell, Erika Blanc, Michel Forain, Carlo Kechler, Edith MacGoven
Arrow Video has delivered another one of those classic
box sets they are known for unleashing with their latest: Gothic Fantastico:
Four Italian Tales of Terror. Pulling together four films under a common
thematic and stylistic aspect, this set contains some 1960s cult cinema finds
with brand new 2K restorations, gorgeous packaging, and enough new
commentaries, essays, and interviews to impress any movie collector.
Although this might be the first film in the Gothic
Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror box set, one might expect that a
film named Lady Morgan’s Vengeance would have a lot more - vengeance?
Yet this 1965 gothic romantic horror film centers most of its time and energy
around the gaslighting of the titular Susan Morgan rather than the vengeance
that comes thereafter. Not that establishing characters, plot, and motivations
is a bad thing, but despite some strong visual elements and performances Lady
Morgan’s Vengeance is a film that doubles down on its easy-to-consume (yet
oddly offbeat) story which burdens the overall experience.