The Mansion Of Madness (1972)

This film is one of only a few directed by Mexican director Juan Lopez Moctezuma. It is loosely based on the story "The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" by Edgar Allan Poe.

The movie opens with journalist Gaston LeBlanc (Arthur Hansel) traveling to a sanitarium for the insane in a remote location in France to talk with the director. Once there, LeBlanc meets with Dr. Maillard (Claudio Brook) who talks about his new "soothing method" as a way to treat the mental patients. The more that LeBlanc sees, the more it seems that the lunatics are taking over the asylum. When LeBlanc is eventually held against his will, he realizes that things are out of control. He quickly makes a plan to escape with the lovely Eugenie (Ellen Sherman) who is there looking for her father.

Alternate Titles: Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon

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