" The carpet of horror" 1962 is a suspenseful thriller dealing with evil genius uses poison gas to avenge on enemies . As a mysterious killer is throwing gas balls against innocent people . Then , a mysterious man called Harry Raffold : Joachim Fuchsberger is the main suspect . But Harry helped by the sympathetic Bob : Besari sets out in discover the true criminal mastermind . Along the way Harry falls in love for Ann Learner : Karin Dor whose uncle has been recently murdered. Meantime , a Police Inspector : Infiesta, starts investigating the strange grisly killings .
A murder mystery with intrigue , tense , plot twists , red herrings and unexpected finale . The main question of the movie is to guess who is the killer , resulting in a lot of twists and turns , of course , at the end we find out the unexpected answer at a thrilling pursuit . Being a German/Spanish/Italian coproduction , here appear actors from these countries , Germany : Joachim Fuchsberger , Karin Dor , Werner Peters , Carl Lange , Spain : Fernando Sancho , Lorenzo Robledo , Antonio Casas , Roberto Rey , José Maria Caffarel , Ana Maria Custodio, Rafael Vaquero and Italy : Eleanor Rossi Drago, Paola Pitagora .
It displays an evocative cinematography in black and white Godofredo Pacheco , shot in Madrid with some stock shots from London . The motion picture well produced in medium budget by Alfonso Carcasona was professionally directed by Harald Reinl , though with no much originality . Harald was a German filmmaker who directed a lot of films in all kinds of genres . He made various Karl May films , Westerns of the "Winnetou" series and "The Last Mohican" , as well as an epic rendition : "Nibelungen" with Terence Hill and his wife Karin Dor. And several Krimis or German thrillers usually based on Edgard Wallace novels , such as : "The Fellowship of the Frog" , "The sinister Monk" , "The White Spider" , "Hand of the Gallows" , "Room 13" , and this "The Carpet of Horror" . Rating : 6/10 . A nice "Krimi" that keeps you guessing and expecting until the end . The flick will appeal to German thriller fans .
