I never gave this movie much thought and over the years I have been curious about it, but never got around to seeing it until recently, and I confess I enjoyed it very much.
This Pete Walker film is based on the story "Seven Keys To Baldpate" which has been filmed many times before. Desi Arnez, Jr, stars as a writer named Ken Magee, who bets his publisher $20,000 that he can get an entire story written in 24 hours.
The publisher, Sam Allyson (Richard Todd) tells Magee he has a deserted mansion in the country and he can go there and write. Magee is soon on his way and when he finally arrives at the mansion during a raging thunderstorm he finds the unexpected.
A man and woman (John Carradine and Sheila Keith) claim to be the caretakers of the place, but then a young woman named Mary Norton (Julie Peasgood) shows up and warns Magee to leave.
Other people show up including Lionel Grisbane (Vincent Price), Sebastian Grisbane (Peter Cushing) and Corrigan (Christopher Lee) and that's when the mysterious murders start.
This was a very entertaining film in my opinion, and to have a cast like this assembled for one film makes it all the better for fans of the above mentioned actors. Why the hell I ignored this for so long is beyond me. Stupid I guess.
It was nice to see Sheila Keith as well as she was a mainstay in anything Pete Walker did and always turned in great performances. She really holds her own with the horror icons in the film.
The climax of the film is a good one and all I can say is check this out for yourself if you're curious.
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