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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Arriving at a countryside mansion, several strangers and police detectives holding a criminal are forced to stay with the eccentric hosts of the house and find themselves playing deadly games with each other than expected and makes for a far more dangerous stay as the guests turn up dead.This one wasn't all that bad of an effort. One of the more engaging aspects of this one is the rather enjoyable atmosphere created throughout this one which gives this quite a lot to like. Employing the Gothic standouts in the atmospheric location and setup of the house, from the elaborate decorations, furnishings and general old-school air featured with the layout of the house structured up on a remote hilltop filled with the flair featured here. From the cloth drapings, candlelit rooms and raging thunderstorm in the background, they give this the same type of atmosphere and suspenseful air that continually appears in the older Gothic horror fare just before this one was released and eases the film into the eccentric behavior from the hosts rather well. As the first initial meeting between everyone is to offer up an orgy between them all signals, their rather bizarre behavior and straightforwardness showcasing all manner of sexual shenanigans give this a generally depraved ambiance that matches the Gothic trappings rather nicely. This also ties in nicely with the idea of the paranoia and sexual frustration that plays out here with the general air of sleaziness usually featured that manages quite a lot to like with how all the jealousies lead to pent-up rage and murder. Even as the events in the night continue, from the constant enforcement of the supernatural presences in the house which causes everyone to go crazy or the various murder guises that occur which merely add to the paranoid already featured throughout here and readily enhances this one significantly that gives it enough to hold itself out over it's few minor issues. The main problem here is the film's somewhat staid and glacial pacing that really does lower this one quite a bit. Barely anything happens at all for large portions of time as this one tends to remain wallowing in Gothic tropes for the vast majority of the time and doesn't really bring anything out of the incredibly fun atmosphere presented. This one is generally much too interested in its paranoia amongst the cast to really lift itself out of the doldrums as it moves along at a somewhat steady pace that might be considered way too slow for some to really enjoy all that much. As well, the other problem here is the rushed and nonsensical finale that brings everything to a head in a much too rushed manner as a result of the pacing setting up atmosphere over it's pacing so the film just ambles along throughout the main storyline then blazes through the final five minutes to pay it all off which leads to a truly bland effect. These are all that hold it back, though.Rated Unrated/R: Violence, Full Nudity and Language.

Being in the mood to watch a Giallo film,I started to take a look at a mountain of gialli DVDs.Getting near the end of the pile,I spotted a Giallo which I had heard Kim Newman & Alan Jones mention on a DVD commentary,which led to me getting ready to find out what is creeping in the dark.The plot:Arresting homicidal manic Spike on a busy road,police officers Sam and Inspector Wright get set to take Spike back to the police station. Preparing to put Spike in the car,the police are stopped in their tracks,when a bad storm causes the road to become flooded.Talking to all of the other drivers stranded on the road,Sam and Wright decide that they will take Spike and the guests to a near by mansion,where they can all stay for the night.Originally expecting the decaying mansion to be empty,the cops and drivers are shocked to find that it is inhabited by Joe.Attempting to make themselves comfortable in the mansion,the group are disappointed to find that the flood has destroyed the phone service in the area.Bored out of their minds,the residences of the mansion decide that the best way to pass the time is not to play pass the parcel,but to hold séance for the former owner of the mansion,who is rumoured to have had an interest in the occult.View on the film:Opening with a blunt stop/start credit sequence,writer/director Mario Colucci & cinematographer Giuseppe Aquari casts the film against a deep blue atmosphere,which along with subtly showing the mansion "drowning" in the flood,also creates a sharp,haunting atmosphere,as Colucci reveals something mysterious to be lurking in the corners of the mansion.Backed by a slithering score from Angelo Francesco Lavagnino,Colucci gradually scatters the hidden secrets of the mansion across the screen with ultra-stylised first person camera moves,which allow the viewer to feel the full sense of insanity gripping each of the unlucky guests.Keeping the film locked either on the road or in the mansion,the screenplay by Colucci attempts to cross the murder mystery elements with the Giallo and Supernatural Horror genres. Whilst Colucci does very well at using the Supernatural Horror edge to give the title a final sting,he sadly struggles to build any sense of the central mystery progressing,with each of the thinly-drawn characters appearing to have hardly any interest in actually uncovering the secrets of the mansion,which along with including some ill-fitting Giallo murder scenes leads to this being a film that sadly creeps back into the dark.

Strom rages and there is flooding.A group of strangers is stranded in a creepy looking house in the middle of nowhere.Among them are homicidal maniac Spike played by Farley Granger,beautiful and heavily drinking wife Sylvia(stunning Lucia Bose)and her husband Donald,two police inspectors plus professor,doctor and his nerdy assistant.The house is owned by mysterious butler Joe.During the séance the spirit of former owner Sheila Marlowe is summoned and people begin to die possessed in the dark...Mario Colucci's "Something Creeping in the Dark" is an obscure Italian horror flick with several truly weird and eerie sequences.I loved all the clocks running in the house.The score by Francesco Lavagnino is superbly moody and there is plenty of violence but almost no nudity.The plot is disjointed and hard to follow,but if you are in the mood for some rare Italian chiller give Mario Colucci's slow-burner a look.7 séances out of 10.

Well, I'm a massive fan of Italian horror; particularly Giallo and Gothic horror, so I was looking forward to this given that it's meant to be a sort of cross-over between the two. However, my hopes were dashed as Something is Creeping in the Dark is one boring and poorly made film! I spent an hour and a half watching this film, and yet I really have very little to say about it. The plot is wafer thin and simply focuses on the idea of a bunch of strangers being holed up in a spooky old house for the night. However, they're not the only ones there are some ghostly presence is there too! That's it really. The attempts to build up the characters and their relationships all fall flat, and all that is left to admire is the atmosphere; which isn't exactly anything to write home about as it's a carbon copy of the atmosphere in any number of similar films and director Mario Colucci fails to bring anything new to the table. The film was obviously made on a low budget and there certainly is worse films out there - but I seriously can see no reason to bother tracking this oddity down as there's many, many better films out there too!