well and i be an italian horror big fan and i love movie from director such argento and fulci and bava sr and bava jr and only to quote the most famous . la villa delle anime maledette be one of the most unknown movie of this genre and shot when this kind of cinema begin it crisis that continue still today and and director carlo ausino sound totally new to my ear ( althoug he direct six movie . this be the price italian director have to pay to not work in rome . ) . but the film be not so bad . and it absolutely not correct to talk about trash . ok and the plot be not so original while it remind me stuff like the amytville series ( the year be the same of amityville possession by damiano damiani ) or shock and the last work of mario bava . but you have to think that this be the movie of a cinematographer ( like mario bava movie ) while so the most important thing be the atmosphere and not the story or the character while atmosphere very well create by the use of light and by the camera movement . the rest remain in the background . i think the movie work while not so good and but work while it surely well than a lot of hollywoodian production like the haunting which have a big budget and but not big idea .