The film was a Hammer Studios production - it was never supposed to be a great film and those people who slam it for being unrealistic or a mish mash of stuff, or incorrect accents or whatever don't get what the fans of the movie see in it.

It's a great movie - for it's genre - light horror made cheaply. It's campy and fun to watch. It's so different that U.S. B-movies and that's a wonderful thing too. I have the DVD and invite friends over once a year or so to see it. I usually throw another Hammer film into the evening as well. Can't do without getting my Cushing fix. My best friend - who also loves Peter wound up being diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome 9 years ago (she's better after the operation she needed) It took a long time for doctors to figure out what she had. When they did - we looked at each other and laughed - confused the hell out of the doctors.