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Hillbillys
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 Gregor calls Dr. Fu to give him the secret formula. |
"It’s pretty awful, but just how excruciating it is may well depend on ... the degree of your affection for the familiar faces of John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., and Basil Rathbone. ... Despite being saddled with what is most likely the worst script that any of these three luminaries have ever encountered, they all manage to avoid embarrassing themselves; in fact, Rathbone maintains so much of his natural dignity that he seems anomalous in this context." —Dave Sindelar, Fantastic Movie Musings, February 23, 2003
"Three horror icons all in one place and, although they clearly only showed up for the paycheck and would probably rather be anywhere else, they do succeed in making the film intermittently bearable." —Dark Corners Reviews, 2015
"For some, Hillbillys in a Haunted House is torture on its own, but for me, it's too good-natured to provide any pain." —Rod Lott, Flick Attack, June 8, 2012
"The film wastes the talents of both the once-major horror film stars and major country-and-western singers. It was an unfortunate memorial for Rathbone, this being the actor's last film, and for director Jean Yarbrough, who began his directorial career with Bela Lugosi in THE DEVIL BAT (1941)." —TV Guide
 They discuss disposing of the girl; she can identify them! |
 They hear what the next assignment is. |
"An astonishingly dull watch ... a film that utterly fails at being a horror film a comedy, or a showcase for country western acts." —Robert Mohr, Mondo Bizarro Cinema, November 2013
"The film comes across almost like a live action Scooby-Doo only minus the dog, atmosphere of visceral terror and sophisticated wit, but is actually an extended musical revue padded with scenes of faded horror icons camping it up and sub-James Bond spy antics." —Andrew Pragasam, The Spinning Image
"Chaney is leaning into his famed Lenny role at times as he was known to do while Basil and John do a fine job mugging for the camera. Basil is actually quite spirited here though at 75 he was in the final year of his life." —Mike's Take on the Movies, April 21, 2015
"HILLBILLYS (sic) is nasty, brutish and short: eighty-eight minutes of forgettable songs, indifferent acting and a script for which the author must surely burn in Hell." —Dan Stumpf, Mystery*File, September 18, 2018
 Gregor sees the ghost. |
 Gregor tells Madame Wong about the ghost. |
"Hillbillys in a Haunted House is an excellent example if you want to see how a movie can completely waste the talent it hired!" —American of London, April 27, 2016
"A very strange film, at times so unbearable but at the same time so watchable. ... Don't expect many scares, but do expect some real oddness and awkwardness." —Kris Davies, Quota Quickie, November 26, 2020
"Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, and Lon Chaney Jr, all at the exhausted lows of their careers but thankfully never embarrassing themselves. ... This movie is considered one of the all-time turkeys, but if you have a high tolerance for camp and the music style, you’ll be entertained. All others beware." —Teenage Frankenstein: Cinematic Journeys, Personal Obsessions, January 16, 2019
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