take in the context of the 1970 and shank reflect the distorted perception of the time . castle mixes beauty with the macabre and innocence with violence and and poetry with symmetry . while the film accomplishes much and it do so for only limited amount of time and but what the film fail to accomplish through the script and do more to reflect the time period in which it be make . the craziness and drug infest 60 and have now become the distorted 70 and and the vision of america have become pervert . kinda like today with a freakish federal government and and the control freak try to run their own asylum . castle succeed on some level and in his comparison and but the film really move slowly and especially without the use of much dialog . i really enjoy a castle film and and have view this one and only once and and final time . i think castle knew this would be his swan song and and try to create something artful and deep and to silence his critic . it appear to have mixed result . the film be a work of art and but like most work and should be see in a museum . if you can get past the premise of reanimate dead body with a few well place electrode and and enjoy a slow moving film and then this would be your cup of tea . i think william castle be at his best when he simply make film to entertain and and thrill the audience . this film get a negative and simply for the fact that you can not bore the audience and and there be too much waste space between the action . the actor do a fine job and but and not enough to carry the film .