MR. SARDONICUSIMDBDirector : William Castle
American film (1961)
Drama, horror, thriller
Runtime : about 90 min
Langue : anglais
Black & white
The Only Picture With the Punishment Poll.(At the end of the film, the "Punishment Poll" (theoretically) lets YOU decide the fate of Mr. Sardonicus.)
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Oskar Homolka : Krull
Ronald Lewis : Sir Robert Cargrave
Audrey Dalton : Maude Sardonicus
Guy Rolfe : Baron Sardonicus
William Castle : Himself (uncredited)
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Gimmick maestro William Castle (
House on hauted Hill) delivers horror fun with this unusual film. Guy Rolfe is Mr. Sardonicus, a man whose face has frozen into a hideous grin after digging up his father's grave for a winning lottery ticket. Hiding his twisted face behind a mask, Sardonicus conducts bizarre experiments to restore his face with the help of his sadistic one-eyed servant Krull (Oscar Homolka) and various beautiful women. When these attempts fail he lures a doctor (Ronald Lewis) out to the castle to force him to perform surgery, with even more shocking results.
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The gimmick for this one was the "Punishment Poll." Audiences were given glow-in-the-dark "thumb cards" with which they flashed at the screen at the climax. Supposedly two different versions of the end were shot and would be played according to whether the majority of cards read thumbs up (he lived) or thumbs down (he survived). But in fact only one version has been shot, the punishing one.
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Not my rip.
Very good quality.
No credits.
Enjoyable film, sometimes reminded me of
The Son of Frankenstein.
I'm for the moment the only full source.
Powersharing it at priority release.
Njoy
