“Gallery of Horror” (1967) starring Lon Chaney Jr. & John Carradine / Z-View
Gallery of Horror (1967)
Director: David L. Hewitt
Screenplay: Gary R. Heacock, Russ Jones, David Prentiss
Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine.
Tagline: So shocking it will sliver your liver!
The Plot…
John Carradine introduces and stars in one of five shorts in this horror/comedy anthology. The segments, each with a “twist” ending include…
- The Witches Clock: a couple in Salem Massachusetts buy a spooky old mansion that may have once been owned by a witch.
- King of the Vampires: Scotland yard detectives are after a serial killer that may be a vampire
- Monster Raid: a man returns from the dead to take revenge on those who killed him
- Spark of Life: A doctor tries to follow the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein by bringing a dead man back to life.
- Count Alucard: (Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards). is in for the surprise of his life…
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
John Carradine and Lon Chaney Jr. must have been hurting for cash to appear in this low-low budget movie. Crowd scenes consist of a just a few folks on screen with sounds of a mob. The sets look like something out of a micro budget production. The stories are on the same level. Each features a twist that can be seen coming from a mile away. I could see Gallery of Horror shown as a double feature with Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Gallery of Horror (1967) rates 2 of 5 stars.
