Castle of Evil

I had originally seen this on creature features on channel 5 in new jersey and back then it was scary,recently re watched it on you tube,in a very well recreated creature features with commercials.just like i remembered it,a creepy old chiller.back in the day this was scary.old castle,secret doors,a ghoul,and yes a player piano.with some good actors in it led by the late great Scott Brady(destination inner space)Lisa Gaye(shake rattle and rock)Virginia Mayo(white heat)and Hugh Marlowe(day the earth stood still)i enjoyed this little horror flick even though its no masterpiece and not as good as the original house on haunted hill.but it does have its moments.they don't make them like this anymore and if they tried remaking it there would be lots of overdone cg effects,6 pout of 10.

I saw this movie years ago on wnew TVs creature features in New Jersey . The basic plot people get bumped off one by one in a gothic castle by a robotic monster that resembles a dead man who made sure he would get revenge on those responsible for his death . A solid b movie cast Scott Brady , Virginia mayo , Hugh Marlow , lisa Gaye , Back in 1966 this was scary , by today's standards it's pretty tame compared to slasher movies. Good soundtrack and good performances . A lady caretaker with a pet anole lizard who watches on a tv monitor and controls the zombie robot creature that kills and seems unstoppable. It's a good b movie ftom the 1966.

I only recently got a chance to see this again, last having seen it as a little kid. It's not breaking any new ground but I think it stands as a good example of the 'Old Dark House' variety spook movie. The technical aspects are the weak spot here, it's blandly lit and everything is presented in a matter-of-fact way... sucking out most of the atmosphere (but not all). The actors all do a good job with the minimal writing. I was particularly taken with Virginia Mayo who seemed to actually be enjoying it somewhat.

NO, it's not really scary... but it's got a mood to it and a few creepy moments that kept me watching... and frankly it's more entertaining that most of the bottom-shelf stuff I find on Amazon lately.

The above quote, as insane as it is, is from this odd little horror film. In fact a lot of this film is insane...and watchable IF you like schlocky movies.

When the film starts, six folks who hated Kovic (and vice-versa) are invited to the dead guy's mansion to discuss his will. He promises to give them his fortune but they need to figure out which of them booby-trapped his experiment and made him into a horrid dead guy who is missing part of his face. However, it's all a pretext just to get them in the house to kill them one by one.

The premise is ordinary enough but the execution is rather poor. And the plot is just nuts--with zombies and lasers and all sorts of silliness that simply don't belong in a movie! Overall, a rather stupid but oddly enjoyable mess of a film.

One of my sci-fi/horror/fantasy reviews written 50 years ago: Directed by Francis D. Lyon; Produced by Earle Lyon for World Entertainment release. Screenplay by Charles Wallace; Photography by Brick Marquard; Edited by Robert Eisen; Music by Paul Dunlap. Starring: Virginia Mayo, Scott Brady, David Brian, Hugh Marlowe, Lisa Gaye and Shelley Morrison.

Title of this horror movie is misleading - it is a contemporary story in the tired vein of: heirs gathering together for the reading of a will at a gloomy edifice -who will survive? Extremely trite and glossy goings-on, with one switch being the deceased having created an electronic duplicate of himself to carry out his revenge on his greedy heirs.