Die Schreckenskammer (1966)
69KDie Schreckenskammer: Directed by Hy Averback. With Patrick O’Neal, Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Laura Devon. A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
“This takes place in the 1800s. Patrick Ou0026#39;Neal (having a REAL good time) plays a killer who is sentenced to jail for killing his wife and then marrying the corpse! He escapes from the train taking him to jail and is believed dead. However heu0026#39;s alive. He also lost his hand in the escape and has a variety of attachments (among them a hook and a meat cleaver) and sets out to kill the men who convicted him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis was originally made for TV but was considered too gruesome (at the time) and released to theatres. It was also put on with a VERY fun gimmick–the Fear Flasher and Horror Horn. When the supposedly gruesome parts were coming the frame froze, flashed red and a horn sounded to warn people! The u0026quot;gruesomeu0026quot; parts are ridiculously tame by todays standards and wouldnu0026#39;t scare a child. In fact I originally saw this on TV uncut during the afternoon in the 1970s when I was in grade school! Didnu0026#39;t scare me at all. Still the acting is good, the atmosphere is spooky and it moves at a fast clip. Silly but fun. I give it a 7.”
