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There is a decent story buried in here, but all the weird porny moments took away far more than they added.

Hell House delivers some classic horror in the form of a supposedly haunted house. Past attempts to discover the house's secrets have led to the bizarre and brutal deaths of all those who entered, except one-- Ben Fischer, a professional medium.

Now, funded by a rich dying man who wants to know if there's an afterlife before he passes, Ben is headed back to the house with three others. There's the medium Florence Tanner who believes she can free the unruly spirits trapped in the house, Dr. Lionel Barrett, a scientist who believes the observed phenomena are being caused by residual energy, and his wife, Edith.

Chairs rocking on their own, doors locking themselves, strange noises and even stranger behaviour from the guests... just what is going on?

I wouldn't say it's overly scary, but I did find it quite engrossing. Barrett's scientific arguments vs Florence's spirituality were fun to ponder, and I wanted to discover whose theory would be the correct one. There is also exciting mystery surrounding the house's former owner, Belasco, and the existence of his son.

Though the weakness of the story was the completely gratuitous use of rapes and the weird hyper-sexualization of the female characters. The two women can't seem to keep their clothes on, with breasts spilling out everywhere and nipples being tweaked and bitten by the ghost of orgies past. The men don't seem to have the same problem and, instead, are usually the poor well-meaning victims of these sex-possessed harlots. Even with the threat of death hanging over her, Edith can still imagine no fate more horrifying than being a lesbian.

This made the whole thing slightly ludicrous, especially Edith's terror that she might get it on with a woman. I mean, I know this is the seventies, but come on-- that's your biggest concern right now?

A mostly entertaining, if weird, read.