GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Scott LeBrun A married couple, Stephen (George Nader of "Robot Monster"), and Maria (Ann Smyrner, "Reptilicus") run into their old friend Fernando (Sancho Gracia, "800 Bullets") in Tangiers. He's searching for his vanished girlfriend, and has tracked her there. Her disappearance has everything to do with a novelty act, consisting of a man who calls himself an illusionist, Felix Manderville (Vincent Price), and his supposedly psychic wife, Rebecca (Martha Hyer, "Pyro"). It's up to Stephen to save the day, and although he has little to no use for police, the local Inspector (Wolfgang Kieling, "Torn Curtain") always manages to make his presence known."House of 1000 Dolls" has an agreeably ridiculous plot revolving around white slavery, credited (on the American release version) to producer Harry Alan Towers' pseudonym "Peter Welbeck". A great film it's not, but it's a striking, visually appealing diversion just the same, shot in Technicolor and Techniscope. You just have to put your brain in neutral. The laughs are there, and it's not overtly violent. A substantial portion of the attraction lies in the exotic setting and the assortment of international young beauties.Prices' role and performance aren't among his best, or most interesting, but it's still fun to watch him in action. Nader is a stiff hero, but Maria Rohm ("Count Dracula" '70) is enticing as Diane, the love of Fernandos' life. Yelena Samarina ("The Werewolf vs. Vampire Woman") is a hilarious standout with her portrayal of Madame Viera. Herbert Fux ("Mark of the Devil") quickly wears out his welcome as the character Abdu.Enjoyable enough to watch for people who love European trash.Six out of 10.

Boba_Fett1138 What an incredible lackluster movie!You're constantly waiting for the movie to finally start off. When is the suspense and mystery going to kick in? The movie feels like one big constant introduction to events that just never occur.This movie would had had absolutely no watch-ability value if Vincent Price wasn't in this. He played in lots of movies like this and he often didn't even played the lead role. In some cases he was on the screen for no more than 10 minutes but still was always being presented as THE evil main villain of the movie. This movie is one of those examples. But as always his presence uplifts the movie and gives it more class and sense of professionalism. It's always amazing to see how he absolutely has no difficulties delivering the most awful lines in an almost Shakespearean way. But still, a movie like this makes you wonder what Vincent Price is doing in it. The only reason I could think of was that this movie was based on an Edgar Allen Poe story but this wasn't even the case.I wish I could call the movie sleazy. In that case the movie would still had some camp value but the movie just never goes in that direction.The story is very silly and simple. At times it seems it's heading in the horror direction, at times it seems it's heading in the thriller direction, but it's just never fully heading anywhere in any direction in the end. I also wouldn't know under which genre to qualify this movie.There is a good reason this movie gets very rarely shown anywhere.3/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

phillindholm This Spanish/British/German co-production was on AIP's back-burner for quite a while. Eventually, Vincent Price did the film as part of his contractual obligations to the company. Producer/Director Harry Allan Towers specialized in sleazy European thrillers and this one is no exception. When a vacationing couple (George Nader and Anne Smyrner) in Tangiers run into an old friend there, they discover that he is searching for his missing girlfriend (Maria Rohm, Tower's real-life wife) who has been kidnapped by an international gang of white slavers. Nader investigates but before he can come up with anything, his friend is murdered. Meanwhile, nightclub magician Price and his mentalist partner (Martha Hyer), continue their nefarious activities--they hypnotize and kidnap young women for the 'White Slavers', and spirit them to the "House of 1000 Dolls." Yep, that's the plot outline folks, at least in the American cut of the film. Price and Ms. Hyer (who had just married producer Hal Wallis) shared a great interest in art, and in their spare time, they visited local museums together. Years later, when asked about this film, Price had this to say: "What she (Ms. Hyer) and I didn't know was, at the same time, they were making a 'dirty' version of the film. Every day we had off, they'd make a 'dirty version'. We went visiting on the set one day, and there was everyone naked! and they weren't even the same girls!" This explains why the American print of the film runs 78 minutes and the one seen in Europe is various lengths, from 90 to 98 minutes. Thanks to some atmospheric photography,an attractive musical score by Charles Camilleri and good performances from Price, Hyer and Nader, the film is watchable, and the girls are beautiful. This movie played most places with another Towers/Nader potboiler, "The Million Eyes Of Su- Muru" which isn't even as entertaining as this one.

Jerry-93 White slavery is not a topic that gets much play nowadays, but it gets a full writeup in this film. And I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing.The film has a very strange setup. Garcia plays a man looking for his wife, who has been abducted in Tangiers. He finds that she has been forced to work in a brothel, The House of Dolls. He's discovered and killed. His friend Nader then takes it upon himself to figure out what happened to Garcia. What he uncovers is a white slavery ring run by magician Price, who uses the female volunteers from his magic act to stock The House.The odd thing about this movie is that everything is presented rather matter-of-factly. There's no surprise to anything. We find out in the first five minutes what Price is doing. We already know what happened to Garcia and his wife. It's a suspense movie with no suspense. They throw in a twist at the end, but who cares? It has so little to do with the movie that it's completely irrelevant. There's other problems. Price is billed first, but has only about 20 mins of screen time (in the second half mostly), and he doesn't appear to be having any fun. All of the actors in the movie appear to be speaking English, yet it sounds as though the whole soundtrack (which is in English) has been looped. It's never boring, but there's no action, no excitement, no nothing. Price fans may not even enjoy this one.