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| Title: | House of Evil |
| Directed by: | Juan Ibáñez Jack Hill |
| Written by: | Luis Enrique Vergara Jack Hill |
| Produced by: | Juan Ibáñez Luis Enrique Vergara |
| Music by: | Enrico C. Cabiati Alice Uretta |
| Cinematography: | Raúl Domínguez Austin McKinney |
| Production | |
| Production: | Azteca Films |
| Distributors: | Columbia Pictures |
| Released: | 1968 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 89 min. |
| Country: | Mexico/USA |
| Language: | English dubbed |
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House of Evil is a Mexican feature film of the suspense and psychological thriller genres. It was directed by Luis Enrique Vergara and Jack Hill. The screenplay written by Luis Enrique Vergara based upon the story House of Evil by Edgar Allan Poe. It was produced by Azteca Films and distributed through Columbia Pictures in the United States. The movie was filmed in 1968, but was not released in the United States until 1972.
Plot[]
Moorhenge Mansion, 1900: the elderly dying recluse Matthias Morteval invites his last known relatives to his mansion for a will reading but with the actual intention of unmasking the carrier of a recently returned murderous family illness. Unexpectedly, Morteval dies and soon his guests are being killed by his brother's living toys.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | Matthias Morteval |
| Julissa | Lucy Durant |
| Andrés García | Beasler |
| Ángel Espinoza | Ivar Morteval |
| Beatriz Baz | Cordelia Rash |
| Quintín Bulnes | Doctor Emery Horvath |
| Manuel Alvarado | Morgenstern Morteval |
| Arturo Fernández | Unknown |
| Carmen Velez | Girl in Dungeon |
| Felipe de Flores | Unknown |
| Fernando Saucedo | Unknown |
| Estuardo Mora | Unknown |
| José Luis G. de León | Fodor |
| Victor Jordan | Unknown |
| José Antonio Garcia | Unknown |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Known as Serenata macabra in Mexico.
- The same production crew from this film also produced The Fear Chamber, Isle of the Snake People and The Incredible Invasion.
- Filmed primarily in Mexico in the Spring of 1968. Boris Karloff's scenes were filmed in Santa Monica, California. This was one of Karloff's final films. [1]
- A few minutes of the film are trimmed off in the US screenings of House of Evil. It remained on the shelf in US markets and did not receive a mainstream theatrical release until 1978; ten years after it was shot. [2]
Recommendations[]
External Links[]
- House of Evil at IMDB
- House of Evil at Wikipedia
- House of Evil at Letterboxd.com
- House of Evil at Themoviedb.org
- House of Evil at Rotten Tomatoes