Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

silvester-angela I love horror and being scared and this one did it to me with lots of dread

MovieCriticMarvelfan This movie is pretty gruesome but almost has no gore or blood, instead by using some really gruesome topics (eyeball transplants),a good music score (though rather short and repetitive), and good acting (Basehart plays it straight) this is a good horror movie.Gloria Grahame, the late Grahame who was a big movie star at one point (like Basehart) is his helper as the good old Dr. Chaney (Basehart) looks for hapless victims to give their eyes for his daughter who went blind after an accident.His an accredited scientist who keeps misdoings a secret, and lures people he knows including another doctor (played by a young Lance Henriksen early in his movie career), a real estate agent and a prostitute to name a few.He is only trying to blow his ego by proclaiming new improvements in eye research which take a big nosedive when his daughter starts rejecting the eye donor transplants. Of course this doesn't stop the doctor from getting more victims.Of course that's another gruesome area as he doesn't kill them, after plucking out their eyes he "stores" them in his underground lab with other lab animals.These scenes were the most chilling and most effective as you see these people trying to get out but not having their eyes provides a big obstacle.The ending is pretty satisfying though, and the movie overall is good. I would check it out.

Coventry I was prepared to see the worst when I pushed the play button, but this early Charles Band production turned out to be a lot better than I thought! It shamelessly steals the plot of Franju's masterpiece `Les Yeux sans Visage', but I hardly see this as an obstacle since the great Jess Franco did the same thing for his Dr. Orloff. It's the macabre fable about a doctor who causes a car-accident, and his daughter loses her sight in it. Driven by love and feelings of guilt, the doctor start to kidnap ‘eye-donors' to cure his daughter Nancy. Charles Band adds very few to the original plot except for a lot of inhuman cruelty and nasty images. The shots of the eyeless people in the basement were pretty disturbing to me, and I like to think I can handle quite a share of morbidity! By the way, the gory images of the cut out eyeballs were the work of Stan Winston, who grew on to be one of Hollywood's most respected make-up artists. The film also proves that acting performances CAN make a difference in these little low-budget gems! Richard Basehart is really good as the surgeon who slowly goes insane and Gloria Grahame is adorable as the devoted assistant. Unfortunately, this underrated actress died a few years later. Mansion of the Doomed also stars Lance Henriksen in an early role. Mansion of the Doomed is especially recommended for being a modest - but very decent - little gem, that doesn't portrays itself as highly original...just as good and gruesome entertainment!

mlhouk9 While no classic, this low budget thriller exceeds its reputation. Creating a truly oppressive atmosphere-just what the story calls for-it features a strong performance by Richard Basehart and good support from a young Lance Henrikson. Particularly creepy, though not in a horror movie way, is the sequence where Basehart picks up a little girl to be his next subject, which, while not graphic, may be a bit much for some viewers. Yes, it is a sleazy movie, but for this story that is appropriate. The only letdown is the total waste of Gloria Grahame, who is given little to work with. She deserved better.