One year off from the release date, but it was filmed in 1968 so you know....
I've said it before and I will say it again, but this is why I have this blog. This movie, those like it, the true weird obscurities I have discovered that make me say aloud like this one did; "This...now this is something else."
Fear Chamber was a Mexican production and The Room of Terror and The Torture Zone. It stars faded star Boris Karloff in one of 4 films he signed on to act in with this production company. He plays elderly sick scientist Dr. Mandel, and it seems he either discovered or just so happens to live near what is eventually revealed to be semi-sentient primordial soup, which kills people and local little group of people have started worshiping as a god. They also sacrifice women to it, which comes to the real reason the movie exists: light Tits and Ass.
Girls are hired for various "acting jobs" or "whatever jobs" and are summarily fed to the beast. No word on the internet if this had nudity at one point and I was just watching the censored version. Who knows. But it's all shot through confusing extreme close ups of red goop, cut to a girls hand, red and black slime, cut to a moving rock, cut to a dead girl half naked. I mean.... it fucking rules.
This is the type of fun nonsense that makes grindhouse fun. It moves quickly, its silly, it had light T and A teases as mentioned, its very much a product of its time and production story. You can feel the mistranslations, you can feel a dying and likely drug addicted Karloff, you can feel the Mexican producers who said "who cares" and shot scenes. But it all has the feeling of being on rails, so it doesn't just become you watching scenes of various unrelated things happening, which can certainly happen with these movies.
An excellent choice for a drinky smoky friendsy romp or a solo sober watch like me, I give this 4.5 stars.
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