House of Evil
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House of Evil is a 1968 horror film
directed by Jack Hill
. It stars Boris Karloff
and Julissa
.
House of Evil is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People
, The Incredible Invasion
, and The 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.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by Jack Hill
Jack Hill
Jack Hill is an U.S. film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre. Despite this, several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.Hill was born in Los Angeles...
. It stars Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
William Henry Pratt , better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Son of Frankenstein...
and Julissa
Julissa
Julissa is a Mexican actress and producer. She is the daughter radio and television star Don Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. She is the mother of a singer and an actor, Benny Ibarra and Alejandro Ibarra...
.
House of Evil is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People
Isle of the Snake People
Isle of the Snake People is a 1971 film directed by Juan Ibáñez and starring Boris Karloff and Julissa. The film was produced by Ibanez for Azteca Films. The film was released as La muerte viviente in the United States as a Spanish language film. It was later released for television and dubbed over...
, The Incredible Invasion
The Incredible Invasion
The Incredible Invasion is a 1971 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Enrique Guzmán.The Incredible Invasion is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People, The Fear Chamber, and...
, and The Fear Chamber
The Fear Chamber
The Fear Chamber is a 1968 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Julissa.The Fear Chamber is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People, The Incredible Invasion, andHouse of Evil...
. Karloff's scenes for all four films were directed by Jack Hill
Jack Hill
Jack Hill is an U.S. film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre. Despite this, several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.Hill was born in Los Angeles...
in Los Angeles in the spring of 1968. The films were then completed in Mexico.
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 toys...Cast
- Boris KarloffBoris KarloffWilliam Henry Pratt , better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Son of Frankenstein...
as Matthias Morteval - JulissaJulissaJulissa is a Mexican actress and producer. She is the daughter radio and television star Don Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. She is the mother of a singer and an actor, Benny Ibarra and Alejandro Ibarra...
as Lucy Durant - Andrés GarcíaAndrés GarcíaAndrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States....
as Beasley - José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla'José Ángel EspinozaJosé Ángel Espinoza Aragón , also known as Ferrusquilla, is a Mexican film actor and songwriter. He is the father of actress Angélica Aragón. There is a statue of him along Olas Altas Promenade in Mazatlan, Mexico.-Selected filmography:*Dos Alegres Gavilanes ... as Tito*House of Evil ... as Dr...
as Dr. Emery Horvath - Beatriz Baz as Cordelia Rash
- Quintín Bulnes as Ivar Morteval
- Manuel Alvarado as Morgenstein Morteval
- Arturo FernándezArturo FernándezArturo Fernández is a Spanish actor who has appeared in numerous films since making his debut in 1954. He was born in Madrid.-References:...
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