This 1963 cult classic is best known as being the directorial debut of Francis Ford Coppola and while it obviously doesn’t measure up to his most famous pictures – The Godfather, Apocalypse Now — it sure is a heck of a lot more fun to watch than some of his flops (Youth Without Youth, Jack). It’s the story of a weird aristocratic family who live in a weird castle where they do weird things, like recreate the funeral of a dead child like it was some sort of community theater exercise. There’s also an ax-wielding madman cutting his way through the competition to get at the family fortune. Almost 50 years after it was made, it’s still a lot of dumb fun.
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