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House of Evil
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Wikipedia article
'House of Evil' ('Serenata macabra'/ 'Macabre Serenade') a.k.a. 'Dance of Death', is a 1968 Mexican horror film directed by Luis Enrique Vergara and Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Julissa. It was filmed in May 1968, but released theatrically in 1972, three years after Karloff had died.Nollen, Scott Allen. Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life. Pg. 307. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media.
'House of Evil' is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Enrique Vergara. The others are 'Isle of the Snake People', 'The Incredible Invasion', and 'Fear Chamber'. Karloff's scenes for all four films were directed by Jack Hill in Los Angeles in the spring of 1968. The films were then completed in Mexico.Stephen Jacobs, 'Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 503-504
Plot synopsis
Morhenge Mansion, 1900: The dying Matthias Morteval invites his dysfunctional relatives to his home for a will reading. However, he dies, and soon the relatives are being murdered one by one by his living robotic toys.
Cast
*Boris Karloff as Matthias Morteval
*Julissa as Lucy Durant
*Andrs Garca as Beasley
*Jos ngel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as Dr. Emery Horvath
*Beatriz Baz as Cordelia Rash
*Quintn Bulnes as Ivar Morteval
*Manuel Alvarado as Morgenstein Morteval
*Arturo Fernndez as Fodor
References
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