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Horror Hotel (1960)
Rating:
Starring: Patricia Jessel, Christopher Lee, Betta St. John
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Category: Classic, Horror
Studio: Elite Entertainment
Subtitles:
[None]
Length:
76 mins

 
 

 

I must admit, releasing this classic and semi-obscure film began as a very selfish act on my part. I first discovered Horror Hotel at the impressionable age of twelve. As I recall, it was aired in New York on the "Creature Features" television program which ran on Saturday nights. There I sat, mesmerized by the dark and foggy images on the old B&W Zenith, peering through my fingers as the leading lady was being butchered by the cloaked coven in the dark underground cavern. And when it was over, the memory of this fright-fest was permanently imbedded in my mind. This was one I would never forget
As the years passed, very little had been said about this particular film. I considered it my own little private treasure. Twenty years later I came across a VHS copy for sale in a grocery store for nine dollars. There it was, right next to some Abbott and Costello television episodes. Even though it was recorded in the extended speed, and I couldn't track the tape to play it clearly, it has still been one of my most watched videocassettes. All these years I thought I was the only one who ever heard of Horror Hotel. That is