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Fear Chamber (1968)

Fear Chamber poster
Directed by
Juan Ibáñez Díez-Gutiérrez, Jack Hill
Genre
horror film, science fiction film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A scientist uses a mind-controlling crystal to manipulate people. The film follows his experiments and the terrifying results.

low-budgetuncannydatedcreepymoodyunevenstiffexploitation-style

What happens

Fear Chamber (La camara del terror/ The Room of Terror), also released as The Torture Zone, is a 1971 Mexican horror film directed by Juan Ibáñez and starring Boris Karloff and Julissa. It was filmed in May 1968, but was only released theatrically in 1971, 2 years after Karloff had died. Fear Chamber is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Enrique Vergara. The others are Isle of the Snake People, The Incredible Invasion, and House of Evil. Karloff's scenes for all four films were directed by Jack Hill in Los Angeles in the spring of 1968. The films were then completed in Mexico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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