A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
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- TriviaThe first of William Castle's "gimmick" films. In this one, admission included a $1000 insurance policy against "death by fright" issued by Lloyds of London.
- GoofsThe closing credits incorrectly place Ed Quigley among the characters who died during the movie.
- Quotes
Narrator: Ladies and gentlemen - for the next hour and fifteen minutes, you will be shown things so terrifying that the management of this theatre is deeply concerned for your welfare. Therefore, we request that each of you assume the responsibility of taking care of your neighbor. If anyone near you becomes uncontrollably frightened, will you please notify the management so that medical attention can be rushed to their aid? Please set your watches. It is 6:45 in the evening in a town called Thornton...
- Crazy creditsIn an animated closing credit sequence, characters who died during the film are borne in hearses that parade across the screen, right to left. The surviving characters follow on foot.
- Alternate versionsThis was one of a group of films for which Allied Artists prepared a special version for U.S. television syndication. The film would begin with an introductory crawl, followed by a scene from the film and then the main titles.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Adventure Theater: Macabre (1977)
The idea of a funeral to be held at night because the deceased, the daughter of a very wealthy man, had been blind sets the tone. Add a race against time to save a kidnapping victim who's been buried alive and you've got the elements of a tidy thriller.
My understanding is that the novel this was based on, THE CONCRETE GARDEN if I remember the title correctly, was actually written by several mystery writers. It was a project where writer A came up with the concept and wrote opening, then passed it to writer B who developed it and threw in complications that would make writer C sweat bullets to resolve. The fact that there were so many writers involved seems to have made it very difficult to get the rights to the story, and that's why it's the only one of William Castle's thrillers not available on video.
We've seen remakes of several of Castle's works. Maybe someone will discover this one and get the rights issue resolved.
- bababear
- Aug 16, 2007
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- Мрак
- Filming locations
- 5193 D Street, Chino, California, USA(The Quigley Funeral Parlor)
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- Budget
- $90,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1