Sodomas Ghosts (1988)

Lucio Fulci is a director who divides fans of Eurocult films. Many find him a hack who hasn't brought anything other than workmanlike entries into a variety of genres depending on what is hot at the time. However, he has produced some classics, as the recently watched Don't Torture A Duckling can easily testify. However, in Sodomas Ghosts he plays into the hands of his detractors. Beginning with an orgy at a chateau of some nazis that gets bombed, we flash forward to some youths who get lost and end up at the chateau where the ghosts lead them on a merry dance of horror and torture before ultimately escaping. A simple story but Fulci it seems can't be bothered with it and the whole thing flops along from one uninspired set piece to another. It's a shame as it should have been putty in his hands. Regardless, this film should not be seen as typical Fulci. Even Hitchcock made turgid films.