The Ghastly Ones


1h 21m 1968

Brief Synopsis

A gruesome tale of revenge and bloodshed, from the Shock King of Staten Island, cult director, Andy Milligan. This super-cheap horror film story is set in an eerie Victorian mansion where a family has gathered for a will-reading. Three couples must spend the night there to inherit a fortune according to the will. Then they start dying one by one, as people are impaled with pitchforks, decapitated, dismembered, and have their throats hacked open with knives. There is a lot of disgusting gore including a scene where a hunchbacked cretin eats live rabbits.

Film Details

Genre
Horror
Release Date
Jan 1968
Premiere Information
Charlotte, North Carolina, opening: 6 Sep 1968
Production Company
Jerome Frederick Productions
Distribution Company
JER Pictures
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 21m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color

Synopsis

After their father's death, three sisters and their husbands are forced to go to a deserted island off Maine where, according to his will, they must spend time in an old mansion. They are met there by two old women and a demented hunchback. While at the mansion all three men are killed. One is found hanged; another is killed by a hooded figure who disembowels him with a butcher knife; the last is found with a pitchfork in his throat. One of the sisters is decapitated, and her head is served on a dinner platter. The two surviving sisters are cornered by the killer on a staircase. The killer, one of the old women, discloses herself to be the illegitimate half sister of their late father. She has killed everybody because she wants the estate for herself and is about to slay the two sisters with a meat ax, but the hunchback stops her. She sets him on fire, but he manages to get the ax from her and uses it to kill her as they fall downstairs.

Film Details

Genre
Horror
Release Date
Jan 1968
Premiere Information
Charlotte, North Carolina, opening: 6 Sep 1968
Production Company
Jerome Frederick Productions
Distribution Company
JER Pictures
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 21m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color

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Notes

Sources indicate that the film was shot in either 8 or 16mm.