Mansion of the Doomed (1976)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1976
Running Times: 89 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Charles Band Prods
Executive Supervisor: Albert Band
Producer: Charles Band
Production Manager: Richard Shore

SCRIPT
Script: Frank Ray Perilli

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Pataki
Assistant Director: Richard Band
2nd Assistant Director: Lynn Hayes

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Andrew Davis
Assistant Camera: Jim Dennett
2nd Assistant Camera: Robert Hale
Gaffer: Moishe Yakobovesky
Grip: Schmulik Firstenberj
Stills: Steve Vaughn
Colour: DeLuxe

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Harry Keramidas
Assistant Editor: Sandra Hale

MUSIC
Music: Robert O. Ragland
Music Editor: Lee Osborne

SOUND
Sound: John Hayes
Boom: Tony Vorno
Sound Editor: Mary McGlone
Re-Recording: Glen Glenn Sound

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Stanley Winston
Make up: Mike Bacarella, Tom Hoeber
Wardrobe: Tommy Hasson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles: CineFX

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Roger Pancake
Set Decorator: Patrick McFadden

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Monica Dunlop
Production Assistant: Bobby Herbeck
Production Secretary: Kathryn Cunha
Food Supervisor: Linda Turley
Medical Consultant: Munzio Nerbo

LOCATIONS
Locations: Hollywood, California, USA

CAST
Richard Basehart (Dr Leonard Chaney)
Gloria Grahame (Katherine)
Trish Stewart (Nancy Chaney)
Lance Henriksen (Dr Dan Bryan)
Al Ferrara (Al)
Jo Jo Damore (Georgio)
Donna Andresen (Sylvia Porter)
Marilyn Joi (Miss Mathews)
Katherine Fitzpatrick (elevator victim)
Katherine Stewart (the hitchhiker)
Vic Tayback (Detective Simon)
Simmy Bow (ambulance doctor)
Arthur Space (wino)
Libby Chase (Libby)
Sally Marr (landlady)
Patsy Sublime (Miss Dunn)
Del Negro (black intern)
Barry Chase (delivery boy)
Sandy Champion (doctor in corridor)
Barbara Sloane (woman bystander)

PLOT SUMMARY

A mad surgeon removes eyeballs from abducted women in an attempt to restore the sight of his daughter who was blinded in a car accident that he caused.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Astral Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd
Video Distributors: Bingo Video Inc
DVD Distributors: Trinity Home Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

West Germany
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1976
October
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

1977
October
Day Unknown: Austria - theatrical release

October
6: West Germany - theatrical release

1982
August
19: Philippines - theatrical release

2006
March
21: USA - DVD release (Trinity Home Entertainment)

POSTER TAGS

What happens is so horrifying we can't even hint at it in this poster.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Eyes
Eyes of Dr Chaney
Das Haus mit dem Folterkeller - Austrian / West German title
House of Blood
Massacre Mansion - UK video title
The Terror of Dr Chaney - UK title
Terrore nel buio - Italian title
Tuomittujen talo - Finnish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Les yeux sans visage (1959)

REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

disfigurement, doctors, eyes, eye transplants, eyeballs, gore, mad scientists, revenge, surgery, transplants

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009