Fanatic

"Fanatic" is another great piece that was filmed in Great Britain and it just shows that going down the path of tension and atmosphere is truly possible and that even after fifty years, it is a film that will disturb you. The ending could perhaps be handled better, but even here, there are directorial moments that are really well executed and prove to you that this is simply something that is good. (17.11.2015)

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. (10.11.2018)