24.5.10

the door with seven locks (1941)


AKA Chamber of Horrors.
"A woman's Scream was music to his ears!"
Lord Stanley Francis (Aubrey Mallalieu) is dying, poisoned by Dr. Manetta (Leslie Banks) with the help of the servants. The lord mistrusting everyone has his valuables placed in a vault with seven locks. Ten years pass with no one having access to the vault, when June Lansdowne (Lilli Palmer) is sent a message and a key! This starts her journey to find out about the key, and throws her into the arms of Dr Manetta, who wants the keys and decides to use his collection of Medeival torture devices to get them. Can anyone save June from a dastardly fate?
A surprisingly entertaining b-movie horror, due mainly to the presence of Lilli Palmer and her quick quipping and easy to scare, side kick Gina Malo.

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