The House And The Brain (1973)

Set in New Orleans, a recently discharged soldier (Keith Charles) rents a room in a handsome old mansion. It is there, he falls in love with the pretty ward (Carol Williard) of the absent owner (Hurd Hatfield). But he soon senses that something is not right with the girl or the house. Very loosely based or perhaps inspired is a better word on the novella by Edward Bulwer Lytton and directed by Gloria Monty. What should have been a slice of atmospheric Gothic horror a la DARK SHADOWS comes off as a routine soap opera with horror trimmings. As in his most famous role (THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY), Hurd Hatfield manages to bring a bit of creepiness to his waxy villain. With Gretchen Corbett and Maryce Carter.