| House of Evil | |
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| Credits | |
| 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 | |
| Distributors: | Columbia Pictures Azteca Films |
| Released: | 1968 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 89 min. |
| Country: | Mexico/USA |
| Language: | English dubbed |
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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]