The Swamp of the Ravens (1974)

This movie is an absolute must see if only for one reason. The character Richard sings the coolest song ever recorded in a movie (not the best just coolest heh). Its an insane mishmash of love and hate and you really really have to hear it to appreciate it. I've never found any piece of music in any movie as humorous as this one unintentionally was. You can check out the lyrics to the song here on IMDb they are put down as a quote for Richard but it's much funnier to actually hear performed.If you're fan of Mystery Science Theater or RiffTrax I highly recommend downloading the RiffTrax commentary to go along with this movie it is one of the best movies for getting the RiffTrax treatment.

"Swamp Of The Ravens" is a very unusual piece of 1970's Euro Cult Cinema. It's story is one that was all all too familiar several decades before this came out. A doctor who has been banished from his hospital for crossing both moral and scientific barriers decides to strike out on his own and continue with his experiments. Except there is no Gothic castle here. Instead his laboratory is located in a shack surrounded by a swamp filled with the doctors used cadavers - which may be why all those ravens are hanging around it. There are some grisly sequences including what looks like a genuine autopsy - not stock footage but instead one which seems to have been performed especially for this film, with the actors present. Add some hazy performances, atrocious dubbing, a couple lepors, and a semi sadistic romance with just a touch of necrophilia - and presto! You have a crowd pleasing 1970's Euro Sleaze Extravaganza!

Well, this might just be the first Ecuadoran film I have ever seen, though because it's dubbed into English (at least the version I saw), you might not suspect as much when you watch it. You will quickly realize, however, that it's dubbed as the voices have a weird and unreal quality about them.The film begins with a flashback scene. Apparently some goofy grad student was conducting experiments with very, very fresh cadavers in order to try to bring them to life and the university disapproved (go figure). As you'd expect with a typical mad scientist film, he won't let this deter him and leaves to conduct his kind of research.Next, you are then treated to ANOTHER flashback scene concerning the girlfriend of this crazed loser. It's unusual to have one flashback soon followed by another--a sign of poor film making.A bit later, you see the doc in the lab---working on a "patient". During this scene, you see the same giant jars filled with freaky looking dead babies in formaldehyde again and again. Once again, sloppy film making--but some pretty scary looking stuff, too. In addition, you see lots of heads and severed hands and the like--and most of it looked pretty cheesy.So far, although the effects were poor, I was reasonably happy with the film. However, as it continued, the film seemed to lose its way--becoming a very stupid and depraved film.A bit later, you see that this crazy doc has been harassing a lady--insisting that she is his property. She's scared to death of him and he seems super-creepy. But, in a sick move, he ends up killing her or nearly killing her (I'm not sure which) and he keeps her alive by draining people of the same blood type and giving her transfusions. During this time, she's in a zombie-like state and he takes many opportunities to undress her and play with her breasts. Now considering her catatonic state, this all seems sick and unsavory--too much to recommend it to anyone but true necrophiles! The end of the film is pretty unsatisfying as well and the whole thing ends on a rather flat note.Overall, a badly made and creepy film--and NOT in a good way! Steer clear--there are countless movies that are better than this.

This is a good old horror movie from good old 1974.This one is about a mad doctor ,death is an evolution!This movie is very wierd two I do not want to spoil this so you need to see this one if your a fan of mad doc films or euro-horror you will like this one!!6.7/10