| Chamber of Horrors (1940)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Leslie Banks |
Dr. Manetta
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| Lilli Palmer |
Judy Lansdowne
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| Romilly Lunge |
Dick Martin
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| Gina Malo |
Glenda Baker
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| David Horne |
Edward Havelock
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| Richard Bird |
Insp. Cornelius 'Andy' Sneed
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| Cathleen Nesbitt |
Ann Cody
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| J.H. Roberts |
Luis Silva
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| Aubrey Mallalieu |
Lord Charles Francis Selford
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| Harry Hutchinson |
Bevan Cody
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Horror; Mystery |
| Director |
Norman Lee |
| Producer |
John Argyle |
| Writer |
John Argyle; Gilbert Gunn |
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| Audience Rating |
NR |
| Running Time |
79 mins |
| Country |
UK |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
In England, Chamber of Horrors (1940) bore the name of the Edgar Wallace novel it was derived from, The Door with Seven Locks. It was the second Wallace adaptation brought to the States by Monogram Pictures; the first was Human Monster starring Bela Lugosi.
In Chamber of Horrors, we see Leslie Banks virtually recreating his performance from Most Dangerous Game (1932). As doctor Manetta, he brings back the same accent, beard and moustache we know and love from his turn as Count Zaroff.
Banks has one of the seven keys that will open the crypt of Lord Selford, who was entombed with a fortune in jewels. Before long, the other six keyholders start turning up dead. Who'd have guessed?
The British Wallace pictures were put into production shortly after the British "horror ban" was lifted, a ban that put a definite crimp in the careers of Bela Lugosi and others. This one's dripping in atmoshpere, adding all our favorite trappings - fog, torture chambers, rats, coffins and more - into a good old-fashioned murder mystery. By the way, it played the U.S. paired with Boris Karloff in The Ape. |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Links |
IMDB
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Notes
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| Original name The Door with Seven Locks |
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