Mansion of the Doomed

1976

Action / Horror / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 38% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 1465 1.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Michael Pataki Photo
Michael Pataki

Top cast

Richard Basehart Photo
Richard Basehart as Dr. Leonard Chaney
Gloria Grahame Photo
Gloria Grahame as Katherine
Vic Tayback Photo
Vic Tayback as Detective Simon
Lance Henriksen Photo
Lance Henriksen as Dr. Dan Bryan
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794.29 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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1.59 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by joconnor8 6 / 10

Oldie but Goodie

One of Charles Band's earlier produced movies. A must for a Full Moon/Charles Band fan. Nice to add to your DVD collection though the quality is pretty bad even though it says Digitally Mastered. If this was mastered, I'd hate to see what it was before they worked on it. But the story is a gem of a horror for a low budget film. Also notice that in the end credits Richard Band was an assistant producer. And the screenplay was by their father Albert Band. And fans know where this combination went to. Empire Pictures and Full Moon Pictures. The B-movies improved along with musical scores to form a legendary team for several great videos such as the Puppet Master series and Subspecies, Trancers series as well as the well known Re-animator and From Beyond Lovecraft classics. Being a great fan of Charles Band, it was worth buying for my collection and the cost was reasonably low to purchase. Someone needs to see about getting some of the Paramount/Full Moon pictures released as well. Some of Band's finest videos are not available due to past problems with them. A real shame!
Reviewed by Coventry 7 / 10

An eye for an eye!!

I was prepared to see the worst when I pushed the play button, but this early Charles Band production turned out to be a lot better than I thought! It shamelessly steals the plot of Franju's masterpiece `Les Yeux sans Visage', but I hardly see this as an obstacle since the great Jess Franco did the same thing for his Dr. Orloff. It's the macabre fable about a doctor who causes a car-accident, and his daughter loses her sight in it. Driven by love and feelings of guilt, the doctor start to kidnap ‘eye-donors' to cure his daughter Nancy. Charles Band adds very few to the original plot except for a lot of inhuman cruelty and nasty images. The shots of the eyeless people in the basement were pretty disturbing to me, and I like to think I can handle quite a share of morbidity! By the way, the gory images of the cut out eyeballs were the work of Stan Winston, who grew on to be one of Hollywood's most respected make-up artists. The film also proves that acting performances CAN make a difference in these little low-budget gems! Richard Basehart is really good as the surgeon who slowly goes insane and Gloria Grahame is adorable as the devoted assistant. Unfortunately, this underrated actress died a few years later. Mansion of the Doomed also stars Lance Henriksen in an early role. Mansion of the Doomed is especially recommended for being a modest - but very decent - little gem, that doesn't portrays itself as highly original...just as good and gruesome entertainment!
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