AKA The Madhouse of Dr. Fear, The Revenge of Dr. Death



1974, Directed by Jim Clark

Now this is what it’s all about - thirty seconds of shrieking and weird-masked murderers.

I absolutely love how the narrator builds everything up to be a horrifying experience, then deflates the whole mood by revealing the movie is rated PG. You couldn’t make it up, etc.

In case you’re wondering what this film is all about - Vincent Price plays an actor who is released from a mental institution. The character he plays in horror movies then seems to take on a life of its own and start murdering people without Price being present. Peter Cushing is involved somewhere.

I will say one thing in Madhouse’s defence - the blobby fanged mask the murderer wears is pretty cool.

Favourite bit: “Rated PG.” Of course.

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AKA Deranged: The Confessions of a Necrophile



1974, Directed by Jeff Gillen & Alan Ormsby

Apparently it’s ‘too late to scream’, but that doesn’t stop the women in this trailer. Don’t they listen to the voice-over?

There’s some deeply unpleasant stuff with corpses going on in this one. But more unpleasant still is that it’s based loosely on the real-life story of notorious American murderer Ed Gein - in fact several sources describe it as the most accurate cinematic portrayal of Gein’s crimes. Which doesn’t bear thinking about, frankly.

Trailer Club Inbreeding: The co-director Alan Ormsby was the chap with the pipe and crazy facial hair at the start of the trailer for Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things. He also appears in this trailer - he’s the face in the photograph during the shooting-through-the-pillow scene.

Favourite bit: The weird yell as the woman throws the old lady’s corpse at the maniac.

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1973, Directed by Richard L. Bare

Filmed in our latest worthless gimmick: ANAMORPHIC DUOVISION! Which is apparently a permanent split-screen effect, where one side shows what the murderer is up to whilst the other concentrates on the victims. And yes, all reports state that to be as confusing and distracting as it sounds.

The sub-Leatherface murderer in this outing has a really rubbish mask. It looks like he was trying to mould something out of rubber and it went horribly wrong, but he decided to use it anyway.

This trailer commits the cardinal sin of giving away the surprise at the end by showing the corpse gallery, thereby reducing any potential interest in the full movie to below zero. Also notice the odd editing decision near the end where it looks like the hero fires a man out of his gun and through a window.

Favourite bit: The “Wicked Wicked” song being sung by the worst lounge singer ever.

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