A recently released convict goes to a pet shop to visit with Peter Cushing. It is explained that Cushing frequently visited this man during his incarceration, sympathizing with his plight due to his own imprisonment in a Concentration Camp. Cushing offers the man a job and reveals his back room filled with exotic animals (mostly dangerous jungle cats). He explains his goal is to find a new method of training and create the first no cage zoo ever. It all turns out to be a ruse however and after a botched robbery attempt the man is captured in an underground room. Now trapped in the room, the man has apparently been Cushing's target this entire time.
This film is surprisingly twisted for it's time. There is literally a scene where an adorable Boxer puppy is destroyed on screen! Peter Cushing does an excellent job playing the villain here. He is supposedly a former Nazi soldier, but he has no hint of being German at all. Despite that, it's easy to suspend your disbelief as he just does a marvelous job portraying outright creepiness. The ending reminds me a lot of horror film endings of today and is another highlight. Other than that it's pretty boring to average. Luckily it's tolerable because of the short run time.
Body Count:0 (and one super cute puppy...RIP)
Side Note: I've really wanted to get into Hammer Movies but never end up putting in my VCR. Maybe I should try to squeeze more into this month.
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