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About a year ago I picked up a boxed set of Richard Gordon films from Elite called "The British Horror Collection," which had HORROR HOSPITAL, CURSE OF THE VOODOO, INSEMINOID and, of course, TOWER OF EVIL...only to recently upgrade HORROR HOSPITAL when I found out the new version from Dark Sky included a Gordon/Weaver commentary among the extras.  (So far, it looks as if a new TOWER OF EVIL with Gordon commentary is still not available.)  I figured my least favorite of the bunch, although I was sure they'd all be fun, would be INSEMINOID because there had been so many films along those lines in the wake of ALIEN.  Man, I missed that call.  Granted, it might never have been made had it not been for ALIEN, but the film is a sturdy little sci-fi thriller.  (And Stephanie Beacham is always a welcome plus.)  I think I prefer its alternate HORROR PLANET title, but my only real complaint about the film is that the box cover doesn't show the monster at its best compared to how it's lit and photographed in the actual film.  (On the cover, it looks like muppet phallus gone amuck.)  HORROR OF SNAPE ISLAND made me feel like I was back in the Seventies, hanging out at the drive-in with my buddies...I could almost see the old Bel-Air pairing it with something like CRUCIBLE OF TERROR.  Great little flick.  Much as I hate to say this, because I'd yet to see a Richard Gordon film I didn't like, CURSE OF THE VOODOO seemed to run out of steam before that final reel.  I don't know why, as there's not one thing I can't point at and say "it lost me here," but it just didn't carry me along like his other films.