House of Evil

House of Evil (Serenata macabra/ Macabre Serenade) a.k.a. Dance of Death, is a 1968 Mexican horror film directed by Luis Enrique Vergara and Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Julissa. It was filmed in May 1968, but released theatrically in 1972, three years after Karloff had died.[3][4]

House of Evil
DVD cover
Directed byLuis Enrique Vergara
Jack Hill[1]
Screenplay byLuis Enrique Vergara
Based onHouse of Evil
by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced byJuan Ibáñez
StarringBoris Karloff
CinematographyRaúl Domínguez
Austin McKinney
Music byEnrico C. Cabiati
Alicia Urreta
Production
companies
Azteca Films
Filmica Vergara S.A.
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
1972[2]
Running time
89 min
CountryMexico
LanguageEnglish

House of Evil is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Enrique Vergara. The others are Isle of the Snake People, The Incredible Invasion, and Fear Chamber. Karloff's scenes for all four films were directed by Jack Hill in Los Angeles in the spring of 1968. The films were then completed in Mexico.[5]

Plot

Morhenge Mansion, 1900: The dying Matthias Morteval invites his dysfunctional relatives to his home for a will reading. However, he dies, and soon the relatives are being murdered one by one by his living robotic toys.

Cast

See also

References
  1. Nollen, Scott Allen. Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life. Pg. 307. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media.
  2. Nollen, Scott Allen. Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life. Pg. 307. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media.
  3. "Dance of Death (1968) - Juan Ibanez, Juan Ibáñez | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  4. Nollen, Scott Allen. Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life. Pg. 307. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media.
  5. Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 503-504


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