Mansion Of The Doomed (1976)

When his daughter (Trish Stewart) loses her eyesight in an auto accident, a renowned surgeon (Richard Basehart) drugs her boyfriend (Lance Henriksen) and attempts to transplant his eyes to his daughter so she can see again. When that fails, he kidnaps a female hitchhiker (Katherine Stewart) and uses her eyes and when that fails, he continues to kidnap people and remove their eyes in an insane attempt to restore his daughter's eyesight. Directed by actor turned director Michael Pataki, perhaps best known for TV's GET CHRISTIE LOVE. If the plot sounds all too familiar, it's because this is a low budget horror ripoff of Georges Franju's great EYES WITHOUT A FACE without any of the artistry. There's no style and the film is a relentless series of people being kidnapped and having the eyes removed and the gory images caused the movie to be seized in Great Britain under the Obscene Publications Act. The most frightening thing about the film is how did such excellent actors as Richard Basehart and Gloria Grahame (playing his sister) get roped into this inept horror flick? It was their names that attracted me to the film otherwise I'd never have bothered. With Vic Tayback and Al Ferrara.