Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

manjodude I've never seen any horror movies of the 70's, so this came as a real surprise for me.There are some really mind-numbing, creepy scenes especially the scene where the family including the three guests sit together and enjoy a sumptuous feast. It almost gave me goose bumps, especially how every minor sound of their act of enjoying the dinner is captured.... Also, the location fits perfectly with the story - the huge house with lot of rooms, the scenic yet isolated beach nearby, no neighbours...And of course, great performances by everyone. Linda Gillen as the lead character Regina is spot on with her character as a pretty, innocent & vulnerable young woman who trusts everybody easily. Mary Jackson as the old lady of the house, Evelyn Smith portrays evil with so much caring! Everybody else is equally impressive.There are some things left unexplained as to how these girls are lured from the cities & also a few scenes like Regina's futile attempt to escape looked tailored to suit the script rather than be realistic.Verdict: Still, a cannibalistic horror that almost left my hairs on end.

Chase_Witherspoon Brad Pitt look-alike John Neilson plays Baby John, the twenty-something grandson of elderly couple Evelyn (Jackson) and Henry (Space) who run a quaint seaside bed & breakfast sinisterly named the "Red Wolf Inn" where the menu is expansive in both volume and origin. Baby John takes a liking to one of the three nubile young house guests invited to holiday at the inn after supposedly winning a competition. Mysteriously, two of the girls disappear without saying goodbye leading the third (Gillen) to suspect that the overly gracious hospitality is not all as it seems.Director Townsend has fashioned a reasonably taut thriller with a capable cast led by newcomer Gillen, as the perky yet naive college student duped into the darkest depravities of a twisted old couple and their behaviourally immature grandson. Jackson and Space manage their quirky characterisations with seasoned professionalism, Neilson is a twisted yet somewhat sympathetic man-child, and the supporting cast including Margaret Avery and Michael MacReady add familiarity, but it's Gillen's engaging personality that is the real surprise package.While no longer an original concept, and not quite a masterpiece, in 1972 it was a pioneering concept, well handled with enough drama, humour, horror and realism to punch above its relative bantam weight. My only gripe is with the farcical conclusion, by which I felt somewhat cheated; despite the curious ending, it's not a comedy, which more than a few chilling moments will attest, and entertain.

pumaye This is a sort of tame, really tame version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with a young girl winning a voyage to Red Wolf Inn, hosted by a weird couple of elder husband and wife, with a not so bright grandson.She will find more than she bargained for. For today standards the movie is slow, boring, really silly, but with the usual photography of the movies of that era, a mark of the period, perhaps the only interesting thing of this movie. This is the kind of movie that you are normally unsure if you really want to watch it, but when it is finally the time to watch it you regret it. Definitely

ARRGH! The first time I saw ANY footage of this film was when I was looking through junk reels of 35mm film. There were only two reels of it, but I figured with a title like "Terror at Red Wolf Inn", it had to be worth sampling. At 40 minutes, the film ran out through the projector and I was hooked. It was almost an entire year before I tracked down a copy of this film on video.This film has a great nutty charm that, if you're not careful, you may take too seriously. It involves a lonely girl who gets a letter saying she's won a vacation to the titular resort. All of the arrangements are laid out for her, down to a private plane to fly her there. Upon arriving, she meets the inhabitants of the Inn. There's an old couple, their semi-retarded grandson and two cute fellow guests. They're treated to three hearty squares a day and incredibly bizarre parties. The girls are encouraged to eat and eat, but they're not allowed to help serve the food or enter the always locked walk in cooler...The film is a black comedy with a lot of style. It's extremely easy to see where the film is headed (I caught it in the first reel), but I don't think that's supposed to be an extremely clever plot twist, just a framework to let know-it-all horror fans revel in their superiority. Thing is, once the average horror film viewer thinks he/she knows what's coming, THAT'S when the rug is pulled out from under them. I could never quite guess exactly what was going to happen. The film alludes to things constantly while delivering plot points that don't turn out exactly as one may think they would.The acting is great and the cast seems to be having a lot of fun in their roles, especially Linda Gillin, who nails her character fabulously as a lonely college girl eager to make friends and find romance.The scenes to watch out for are the screamingly funny "shark" scene, the abduction of the character of Edwina, which uses a music box lullaby to an extremely creepy extent and the climax/punchline of the film, a denouement that, while totally implausible, is quite unexpected.It's funny that no one talks about this film much considering how much "Motel Hell" has ripped it off. Worth finding and savoring.Last note, take special attention to the end credits. They compliment the film to a "T"!