Other reviews:
“The film turned out to be a poor man’s Agatha Christie, the diametric opposite of Theatre of Blood in production values and The Abominable Dr Phibes in originality. Morrison’s shooting script had ditched Devilday altogether in favour of retread of Grip of the Strangler…” Denis Meikle, Merchant of Menace: The Life and Films of Vincent Price, Hemlock Books
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“More jokey than terrifying, the film gives Price a few over-the-top opportunities which he takes with zest and the film’s structure makes good use of clips from Price’s old AIP appearances…” Alan Frank, The Horror Film Handbook
“It is interesting to watch then inaptly titled Madhouse in retrospect because there are sequences that have an unexpected Giallo-vibe, disorienting shots of patent leather-gloved hands slashing their lady victims, and the like. Yet, there is also a trippy baroqueness, not unlike Theater of Blood and the Doctor Phibes films.” J.B. Spins
“A few touches of grim humour help it along somewhat.” John Elliot, Elliot’s Guide to Films on Video
Offline reading:
The Amicus Anthology – Bruce G. Hallenbeck, Hemlock Books
Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures – Mark Thomas McGee, McFarland
Cast and characters:
Vincent Price as Paul Toombes
Peter Cushing as Herbert Flay
Robert Quarry as Oliver Quayle
Adrienne Corri as Faye Carstairs Flay
Natasha Pyne as Julia Wilson
Michael Parkinson as T.V. Interviewer
Linda Hayden as Elizabeth Peters
Barry Dennen as Gerry Blount
Ellis Dale as Alfred Peters
Catherine Willmer as Louise Peters
John Garrie as Inspector Harper
Ian Thompson as Bradshaw
Jenny Lee-Wright as Carol Clayton
Julie Crosthwait as Ellen Mason
Peter Halliday as Psychiatrist
Filming locations:
Pyrford Place, West Byfleet, Surrey, England
Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Filmed in 1973.
