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Chamber of Horrors (1966 film)

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Chamber of Horrors
Film poster
Directed byHy Averback
Written byStephen Kandel
Produced byHy Averback
StarringPatrick O'Neal
Cesare Danova
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Laura Devon
Patrice Wymore
Narrated byWilliam Conrad
CinematographyRichard H. Kline
Edited byDavid Wages
Music byWilliam Lava
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 28, 1966 (1966-10-28)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Chamber of Horrors is a 1966 American horror film directed by Hy Averback and starring Patrick O'Neal, Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Wayne Rogers and Laura Devon. The screenplay is by Stephen Kandel, from a story by Kandel and Ray Russell.

The film was released to theatres but was originally shot as a television movie[1] and a pilot film for a proposed series called House of Wax.[2]

Plot

Danova and Hyde-White are proprietors of a wax museum in Baltimore who are also amateur sleuths. They are drawn into the investigation of Jason Cravette (O'Neal), an insane murderer who kills a woman and then "marries" her. They help the police capture him, but he escapes and vows vengeance on all who "betrayed" him.

The film used the gimmicks of the Fear Flasher (the screen flashing red for several seconds) and the Horror Horn (an audible alert) to alert viewers to grisly moments.[1] The film was originally intended to serve as a pilot for the proposed series House of Wax, but was released theatrically because it was considered too intense for television at the time.[2] The gimmicks were added (along with a few star cameos like Tony Curtis, Suzy Parker, and Marie Windsor) to increase the running time. There are plot similarities between this and Dark Intruder, which was released the previous year.

The film is narrated by William Conrad.

Video Release

Chamber of Horrors was released on DVD by Warner Home Video in September, 2008 with a co-feature, The Brides of Fu Manchu.[3]

Cast

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Allmovie, via NYTimes.com, accessed 29 September 2008. Archived 7 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Horror-Wood.com Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ BestBuy.com, accessed 29 September 2008.

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