Don't Look in the Basement 1973

My local indie theater surprised us with Don't Look In The Basement (1973) tonight, and halfway through I realized that it was the film within a film featured in my childhood favorite horror, HOUSE (1986). I whispered to myself, "yes, this is the one."

Like a granny quilt made from human flesh: quaintly unsettling.

While this story of an insane asylum where the patients are allowed to run free is poorly made (the editing is atrocious) and very dated, there is something about the disturbing charm of a 70s movie that tries to do for mental health what The Texas Chainsaw Massacre did for Texas.

Anyway, I enjoyed it for no reason other than the glorious 70s kitsch and you should, too.

Pretty bad schlockfest of a film. The acting is so over the top, but not enough to be campy. The premise and twist are okay and there's a couple hilarious bits in it, but not enough to recommend.