Mansion of the Doomed
Directed by Michael Pataki
An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who lost her own in a car-accident he caused.
An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who lost her own in a car-accident he caused.
Cast: Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Trish Stewart
Member Reviews
At first I found it unexpected to find Richard Basehart in a horror, but once I saw the more clinical style of Mansion of the Doomed it made sense. As far as horrors go, this actually fell into the more believable and realistic. Motives were logical and the steps taken, while unwise, at least followed a level of methodical calculation. While I did not find this unpleasant to watch, it did land on the more medical side of graphic - although the surgical aftermath looked pretty decent. Due to the timeline of the film, there felt no sense of urgency or real tension. I did appreciate that time was spent with the victims, rather than simply glossing over that actual terror of enforced blindness.
Mid 70s fun. 5 skulls easy! Way more entertaining than a lot of the modern fare Shudder has been adding in recent months.
The doctor's voice sounds like Matt Berry. All in all, I enjoyed it.
Not exactly a masterpiece, but certainly watchable and although the eyeball surgery scenes are quite brief they are properly gruesome and cringe inducing. The character development of the surgeon is done quite well too. Worth a look, no pun intended.
Mostly worthwhile for the gruesome special effects. When I saw Lance Henriksen in the credits, I was wondering why Shudder didn't use him as a promotional aspect, but then when I saw his performance in the movie, it made more sense that they'd want to undersell that ;)