Influenced as much by Lovecraft as Gordon, Castle Freak is a rich and ambitious film about a blind young woman who inherits a castle with a secret.

Castle Freak is an interesting update to a familiar horror film and manages to add more of the Lovecraftian influence back into the world.

For all that it plays with some familiar archetypes, stylistically it's breath of fresh air, and Catherine's work in the lead gives it a strange kind of sincerity that will stay with you.

It's the Skinemax answer to Gordon's cult-favorite, removing any mystery and replacing it with unsavory sleaze. An unforgivably dull, moodless, misfire remake.