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GALLERY OF HORRORS (1967)
Directed by David L. Hewitt. Stars John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr. Russ Jones, the first editor of Warren Publishing’s landmark CREEPY black-and-white comic magazine, wrote stories for this cheesy anthology feature. It was made extremely cheaply with sets and performances that resemble a student film--a junior-high-school student film. You can see the Warren and EC influence in the Gothic settings and twist endings, but the movie is so dull and incompetent that no one will be either shocked or surprised. Carradine introduces all five segments with long-winded introductions that were written merely to stretch the running time to feature length. Many of the actors appear in more than one story, but the big names--Carradine and Chaney--star in just one each. Chaney is miscast as a scientist who tampers with Dr. Frankenstein’s old experiments and brings a convicted murderer back to life. Carradine stars in the opener, “The Witch’s Clock,” about newlyweds who move into a castle and discover a cursed grandfather clock. Production values are next to nil, and Hewitt directs by putting the camera on a tripod and letting it roll for four or five minutes. Stock shots are taken from Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe thrillers for AIP. Also with Roger Gentry, Karen Joy, Vic McGee, Rochelle Hudson and Ron Doyle. Also seen as DR. TERROR’S GALLERY OF HORRORS with Carradine as “Dr. Terror,” I guess.