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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0790594332723
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Restored, Widescreen
Label: ELITE ENTERTAINMENT
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1SpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: ELITE ENTERTAINMENT
MPN: KCHDELT3327D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: ELITE ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: ELITE ENTERTAINMENT
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Dr carl mandel & his team discover a life form encased in solid rock. The creature needs a chemical that can only be produced by humans experiencing pure terror. Faced with this unusual dilemma the doctor devises the fear chamber & kidnaps subjects & frightens thems with all kinds of things to get his chemical. Studio: Brain Damage Films Release Date: 12/13/2005 Starring: Boris Karloff Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Lurid but not scary, awful but not bad enough to be good, Fear Chamber is unredeemed even by a late career performance by Boris Karloff, in what has to be the worst and most embarrassing movie of his career. Karloff, who was in his eighties at the time, plays Dr. Carl Mandel, a scientist whose assistants go deep into the Earth's core, where they discover some sort of magic rock ("pure crystallized intelligence," they call it) that the doc believes may be "the source of… the ultimate secrets of the universe." But there's a catch: the rock subsists on hormones that can only be produced by humans in a state of extreme terror. Enter the "fear chamber," in which beautiful young girls (all foreigners, so no one will miss 'em) are scared witless (after they strip down to bra and panties, of course) by way of an elaborate charade involving a spooky dungeon filled with bubbling cauldrons, horrid creepy-crawlies, and such. So far, so bad; but when the rock starts seeking out its own victims and messing with the doc's computers, things really go downhill fast. Not that there's very far to go. Filmed in Mexico in 1968 (producer Luis Vergara made three other movies at the same time) but not released until '72, Fear Chamber boasts cheesy sets, laughable special effects, appalling acting, stilted dialogue, ham-fisted editing, poor cinematography… and those are its better points. DVD extras include commentary by writer-director Jack Hill, who's got a lot to answer for. --Sam Graham
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The infamous Mexican horror movies that ended Boris Karloff's career remain among his worst. Filmed in 1968 but released a few years after the veteran actor's death, "The Fear Chamber" is truly wretched cinema and painful to sit through. Regardless of the financial rewards, dear Boris should have stayed home and not subjected himself to this exploitation fodder.
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This isn't a formal review, as others here have said what needs to be said about this film, but be aware that Amazon has TWO listings for this title, both sporting the same reviews. THIS listing, for Fred Olan Ray's RETRO MEDIA release, does NOT contain the Jack Hill commentary. However, it DOES contain the "deleted scene" featured on the pricier Elite release--a smokin' hot striptease number--integrated back into the film, plus a hefty selection of trailers for Fred's breastacular films (as well ... Read More
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It's pretty wild to think Boris Karloff had a career in film spanning nearly 60 years, even appearing in films after his demise in 1969, his last four films all being primarily Mexican productions, released in the states in the early 1970s. I haven't had a chance to see them all, but I did get to watch this one, titled The Fear Chamber (1968) aka La Cámara del terror aka The Torture Chamber, last night, and it was actually better than I thought it would be...co-directed by Jack Hill (Spider Baby) ... Read More
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Dr. Carl Mantel (played by Boris Karloff), an American resident in Mexico, is the worldýs foremost geo-biologist. He has developed a theory that rock-based forms of life may have developed near the Earthýs core and may have been displaced closer to the surface over time. After recording puzzling electronic emanations from a cave complex near an active volcano, Dr. Mantel dispatches his daughter, Corinne, and his research assistant, Mark, to investigate. Corinne and Mark discover what appears to ... Read More
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I saw this movie late at night when I was young and it thrilled me and tittillated me. Even though I was young, I knew that this was low budget and thought it a joke. Only years later did I realize the absolute treasure that it is. It fits into the genre of "So bad its good". I really recommened this movie for a late late Saturday night. Just as I viewed when I was young It has contrived gratuitous devises in it such as the stripper that is eaten by the monster that make this a unique and twisted ... Read More
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