there be plenty of comment already post for this film and by fan of h. p. lovecraft and of horror film in general . here my take on it represent the only reason i rent this film be to look at dean stockwell . and no and this be not his bad act job . have you see werewolf of washington . dean be actually not a very subtle actor . it take year of maturity to turn him into tony in married to the mob . and the delightful al in quantum leap . there be very few film of dean in this time period ( 1971 ) . the other one i manage to catch be the last movie dennis hopper self indulgent quirky film make in peru . dennis hopper and dean stockwell be friend . this explain a lot of thing . so i sit back and enjoy look at dean . at a time when he be a skinny and pale curly haired ( no and i do not think it a bad perm . it dean ) trip little dude in a long black coat and bell bottom pant . heck and i just love look at his beautiful hand with the slender finger . i keep wish that he and sandra dee could just live happily ever after in their little gothic mansion on the hill . sip their tea and be stone together forever . the plot really get in the way of this film and you know .