Hollywood legends john ireland red river, satans cheerleaders, john carradine the grapes of wrath, vampire hookers and howard hughes paramour faith domergue cult of the cobra. Released 1973, the house of seven corpses stars john ireland, faith domergue, john carradine the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. The house of seven corpses fails to deliver on anything it promises, whether it be horror, entertainment, or even seven actual corpses. Just as some of the characters pull double duty as cast and crew members in the filmwithinafilm, so to do a number of the films actual crew members. An actress reads the tibetan book of the dead on the creepy set of a directors horror movie. Caretaker edgar price john carradine warns eric not to tamper with. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand the murders were occult related, but the director wants to be as authentic as possible and has his cast reenact rituals that took place in the house thus summoning a ghoul from the nearby cemetery to bump the whole film crew off one by one. The film has never looked pristine in the past, and images full frame dvd transfer doesnt bring it to a level of spectacular appearance either. For a 1974 film, the house of seven corpses may not have capitalized on all of the available exploitative elements, but it can still raise some hairs during a late night viewing.
Bgrade satanic horror film about a film crew making a movie in a haunted house, the house of seven corpses 1974, is one such entry, recently released on bluray by severin films. The setup is one genre fans have seen before, a movie crew shooting a horror film in what turns out to be a genuinely haunted house, the same premise as earlier films like frankenstein. Staring faith domergue, john carradine and john ireland. John carradine hams things up pretty well as the caretaker of the home who lived through the first seven person massacre, and is more than willing to ruin the movie within a movies scene when. House of seven corpses available on bluraydvd combo from severin films 8. The house of seven corpses 1974 the house of seven. The house of seven corpses 1974 a rare example of a horror film shot in salt lake city, utah, the house of seven corpses 1974 is perhaps best known in the movie history books as the final film of actress faith domergue, the former adolescent protge of howard hughes and contract player for rko who starred in such scifi films as this island earth, it came from beneath the sea, and cult of. Heartland ghost 2002, amityville dollhouse 1996, reel evil 2012, dont be afraid of the dark 1973. The dvd is so rare and so unique because it involves satanic rituals. A few minutes into a fairly weird opening incantation, featuring only faith domergue in her final movie role, whom we soon learn is really only in a horror movie, john ireland directing her, john carradine barking at him, early in the house of seven corpses, 1974. The house of seven corpses is a 1974 american horror film directed by paul harrison and starring john ireland, faith domergue and john carradine. Four flicks under the stars super shows of the drive in, 1975 december 16, 2017 leave a comment.
In an old mansion where seven murder occurred, a director john ireland is attempting to film a movie about the events of the house, which included satanic rituals. Best movies like the house of seven corpses bestsimilar. Learn more about carole wells at with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more. A director courts disaster by filming his horror movie in a real haunted house. The house of seven corpses 1974 journeys in classic film. House of the seven corpses bluraydvd, 20, 2disc set. The house of seven corpses 1973 the old beal mansion is famous for the mysterious deaths that befell all seven members of the beal family there. House and cuddy attempt to make a real relationship work and face the question as to whether their new relationship will affect their ability to diagnose patients. A zombie is awakened because the actors find the book of the dead and use the words in it for authenticity. Pages in category 1974 the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 245 total. House of seven corpses is the kind of film most people remember viewing on late night tv or through a number of budget video releases. Akron, devils nightmare, draculas great love, drive in movies, flesh feast, horror of frankenstein, house of the seven corpses, last house on the left, legend of hell house. The house of seven corpses is a 1974 horror film directed by paul harrison, and it is a very meta horror, as it is basically a horrorfilm that takes place within a horrorfilm a film crew are using a house as a location for a horror film that they are making the house was the scene of seven murders that were committed in the past. The new season features a new opening title sequence.
Filmmaker eric hartman john ireland takes a crew to the infamous and cursed beal mansion to film his next horror movie. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand the murders were occult related, but the director wants to be as authentic as possible and has his cast reenact rituals that took place in the house. The house of seven corpses 1974 aka house of the seven corpses the old evil eye. Made in 1973, during the horror genres most internationally prolific period roughly 197073, the house of seven corpses is cheap and derivative but hard to entirely dislike. Her co worker was married to this well off guy and they had this nice house on the river and a huge vhs collection that the guy let me dig through since he knew i. A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. The house in question is beal mansion, and that probably tells you most of what you need to. House of seven corpses i have only ever seen once and that was years ago in the mid 80s at an office cookout for my moms work.
Cine y tv the house of seven corpses 1974 terror dvd. Colorful, strange, and eerie at times, its had a surprisingly durable shelf life over the years thanks to. House of seven corpses has nothing to do with rob zombies film, which houses 993 more corpses, but it still is a pretty effective littler schlocker. House of horrors 1946 house of the seven corpses 1974. A charmingly retro oddity released just as horror fans were being assaulted by gory rrated fare, the house of seven corpses is precisely the kind of film you stumble across late at night because of its wild cast and cant quite piece together when you try to remember it the next morning. Over the last few years, many of these are seeing the light of day thanks to distributors that specialize in genre films. A theme very popular back in the early 70s and late 60s where this atanic ritual films were at its peak. The great john carradine stars in this horror film. The house of seven corpses archives diabolique magazine.