La casa de las almas malditas

Also known as House of the Damned, Don't Look in the Attic is one of those horror films the title of which explicitly warns somebody not to do something, but they do it anyway. During a seance, a disembodied voice also warns Elisa (Annarita Grapputo) 'Don't go to Turin!', so she books a flight to Turin. After taking her obligatory horror movie shower, Elisa notices words written in the condensation on her bathroom mirror: Don't go to the villa! The property in question is the one that she has inherited along with her cousins Tony (Antonio Campa) and Bruno (Fausto Lombardi), a supposedly accursed villa with a history of mysterious deaths. She moves in. She deserves everything that's coming to her!

While living at the villa (which, judging by the noises that can be heard outside, is in the middle of a jungle), brothers Tony and Bruno come to blows, Elisa unable to prevent them from fighting. Spooky stuff starts to happen, including strange otherworldly lights and a bed sheet that draws back by itself (an amazing special effect achieved by attaching a string to the sheet). After Bruno's wife is hit by a car, he proposes to Elisa so that she can bear him a son (hmm... cousins!). Meanwhile, the family lawyer Ugo (Jean-Pierre Aumont) investigates his business partner Casati (George Ardisson), encouraged by his ex-lover Martha (Beba Loncar), who suspects that all is not right. Other stuff happens, but it's all so incredibly dull and none of it makes much sense. Director Carlo Ausino achieves zero suspense, delivers no scares, and no gore, and the whole affair really drags. A total dud.