Otherwise, we have the familiar sets, a monster who looks like the one from Night of the Bloody Apes, and the excellent fashion we’ve come to expect from a Santo movie.

The music is also quite good. It’s the usual mix of gothic organ, groovy jazz, suspenseful vibraphone and timpani, and laboratory electro-acoustic, but I like all of those styles, especially in tight rotation.

Extra marks for actual night shooting and the unsparing use of smoke.