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      Castle of Evil

      1966 1h 21m Horror List
      Reviews 0% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Would-be heirs (Scott Brady, Virginia Mayo, David Brian) land on an island and meet a robot made in the image of a disfigured mad scientist. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It makes for a dull watch, except for those who get their jollies from films this terrible. Rated: C Jun 5, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Sep 8, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Jul 30, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member a varied and interesting cast in a perfunctory and weird horror exercise--Ensemble Creaky Old House!! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A mad scientist (Thourlby) invites his relatives to his remote estate where his robot double proceeds to stalk and kill them in order to avenge a disfiguring accident he suffered years before. I don't usually give away story twists in my teaser summaries, but in the case of "Castle of Evil", it doesn't matter. Despite the rating of 4, I don't recommend that you waste your time with this movie. Which is too bad, because the script for this film is actually pretty good. It's a great retro-fusion of the "dark old house" and "mad scientist" film genres that flourished in the 1930s and 1940s, and the featured actors all give respectable performances in their various parts. Unfortunately, the writer and cast are let down by an incompetent director. The staging of every scene is flat and lifeless, no opportunity for padding is left untapped--except for the ending that is inexplicably sudden and abrupt--and all the bad choices sap every bit of life from the film, driving even the most friendly-minded viewer into a stupour of boredom. I love the "mad scientist" and "dark old house" movies--as the countless reviews of films in those genres here attest to--and I really wanted to like "Castle of Evil". But, it's just too incompently done. That is a terrible shame, because there's an excellent script that went to waste here. (THIS is the kind of movie that Hollywood big shots sould be remaking, not "Karate Kid" and other movies that were already good. They should show themselves to be REAL artists and filmmakers who, if they are so devoid of creativity that they can't make original films, should at the very least take misfires and give them second chances.) Castle of Evil Starring: Scott Brady, Virginia Mayo, David Brian and William Thourlby Director: Francis D. Lyon Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Would-be heirs (Scott Brady, Virginia Mayo, David Brian) land on an island and meet a robot made in the image of a disfigured mad scientist.
      Director
      Francis D. Lyon
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 21m