Friday, October 22, 2021

 'The Haunting of Margam Castle' (2020) - Andrew Jones.

It doesn't feel altogether fair to focus on this low-budget supernatural horror film's obviously pecuniary failings, and while the admittedly derivative shocker most certainly has its flaws, I would rather stress the production's more positive aspects. While 'The Haunting of Margam Castle' is yet another rather predictably creaky haunted house yarn, replete with angsty parapsychologists, nosily Scooby Doo-ing around its ghoulishly storied, dank walled environs, the director eschews some of the more actively tedious found footage tropes in a stalwart attempt to, perhaps, harken back to the cobwebbed likes of 'The Legend of Hell House', and the still undervalued 'The Evil', not entirely successful in its execution, and weirdly lacking any grandstanding gore, woefully lacking budget, I nonetheless quite enjoyed 'The Haunting of Margam Castle', especially pleasing was the welcome, and somewhat (Tea)cosy presence of UK genre icons Caroline Munro, Vernon Dobcheff, Derren Nesbitt, and the eternally wonderful Jane Merrow, again, I am usually far more forgiving than many other horror fans, but I strongly believe in supporting the more meritorious efforts of the B-Movie underdogs, but, to be entirely fair, some may find this spook-show to be a little tame, but the delightful Caroline 'Maniac' Munro playfully discussing the culinary merits of Welsh rarebit was a suitably delicious titbit!!! 


 


 

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