这是一部典型的英国连场电影恐怖佳作，擅长用维多利亚时代的哥特式背景与黑暗乡村传说制造心理惊悚感。 除了库欣本色出演那位疯癫的异装园丁，影片最绝的是大量红屏重演的剪辑手法，这种“元叙事”在当年颇为超前，看着主角分不清现实与疯癫，观众也跟着头皮发麻。如果你是钟情于60年代英式恐怖片的影迷，或是想寻找那种“怪诞又迷人”的冷门佳作，这部片子绝对能带来独特的观影体验。如果你是那种沉得住气、喜欢在大雨天窝在被窝里欣赏超现实怪诞氛围的观众，这部电影绝对是你的下酒菜。 影后芭芭拉·雪峰贡献了教科书级别的精湛演技，将疯癫与扭曲演绎得入木三分，与年轻版的维克多·波伊特的对抗更是全片的高光时刻。 这电影简直是为恶心强迫症准备的，特别是中间那个满脸肥油、浑身绿毛的畸形儿现身时，看着那堆蠕动的生物，你会觉得自己是全英国唯一正常的家伙。

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil.　　A very good anthology of tales, written by Robert Bloch and directed by Freddie FRancis, for Amicus, an icon of this kind of movie. The tales are uneven, sure, but they are all at least good, till the perfect final one, the Man who collected Poe, with Jack Palance and Peter Cushing, a great idea, and a marvelous tale to watch. Very good Burgess Meredith as Diabolo the Great, the host for these tales. Unfortunately for us all, this kind of movies are a thing from the past and today we don't get any more gems like this. A must see