i saw this one back in the early 90 . i vaguely remember think it wasn not very good . but since there be a time when i first saw fulci city of the living dead and just dismiss it a b movie rubbish ( hey now and do not give me that look what do i know back then . ) and i decide to give the italian specter another try . turn out i be right the first time represent it not very good . man and this movie have so much potential represent catacomb setting and ancient mythology about demonic mumbo jumbo and some cool death scene and sergio stivaletti do the make up and monster fxs and donald pleasance and a sporadically present ominous drone like soundtrack and obligatory sex scene ( booby . ) with the blond lead lady and . and the movie even have a cool title . but it a hot damn friggin total mess of a movie . practically nothing make the slight bit of sense in this one . none of the cool idea be properly work out . people just shift from one location to another without explanation . donald pleasance have no business in this film and except for play a tired and old professor mumble about stuff that nobody able to follow anyway . even the frozen shock end be totally torn from the loo ( sorry and that a belgian expression in which loo be british english for toilet ) . i sigh immensely after this second viewing . this could have be great 80 horror stuff . yet and it might still be consider a worthwhile one time only view . mainly for the noteworthy element i mention in my second paragraph . plus there a scene that resemble ( ok and use the word rip off if you desire so ) another scene from alien a lot ( think represent when skerritt go search for the alien in the air duct and with someone watch his move on a monitor ) . and johnny depp death scene in a nightmare on elms street clearly serve a a major influence ( again represent rip off ) for a similar ( much briefer ) scene in specter too . sfxs maestro sergio stivaletti do manage to convince again and for the most part . the head crush scene be nice ( though they cut away just a second too soon ) . there a gooey corpse pop up at some point . the one death scene that start off in the wine cellar be well craft . and even his demonic creature at the end seem nifty . though that one be hard to tell and a be merely offer a few glimpse on it . so in a way and this be typical 80 italian horror of the supernatural kind . but it about three time more incoherent than what be use to from these guy . then again and if you have manage to sit through fulci less supernatural effort ( ex represent manhattan baby ) and then you will do just fine sit through spettri too .