The Ghastly Ones (1968)

Director:

Andy Milligan

Writers:

Andy Milligan (screenplay)
Hal Sherwood (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A Gruesome Orgy of Human Mutilation!

Plot:

Three married couples are forced to spend the night in a Victorian-era house where they start getting killed off by a deranged psycho who's bent on claiming an inheritence they are all entitled to.

Plot Keywords:

Mansion | House | Rabbit | Psycho | Pitchfork

Cast

Veronica Radburn	...	Martha
Maggie Rogers	...	Hattie
Hal Borske	...	Colin Trask
Anne Linden	...	Vicky
Fib LaBlaque	...	Rich (as Fib La Blaque)
Carol Vogel	...	Liz
Richard Romanus	...	Don (as Richard Romanos)
Eileen Hayes	...	Veronica (as Eileen Haves)
Don Williams	...	Bill
Hal Sherwood	...	Walter
Neil Flanagan	...	Lawyer Dobbs (as Niel Flanagan)
Ada McAllister	...	Ada
Robert Adsit	...	Robert
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Baylor	...	Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by
Andy Milligan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andy Milligan		screenplay
Hal Sherwood		screenplay

Produced by
Jerome-Fredric	....	producer

Cinematography by
Andy Milligan

Film Editing by
Andy Milligan		(as Gerald Jackson)

Set Decoration by
James Fox		(settings)

Costume Design by
Andy Milligan		(as Raffine)

Makeup Department
Jerry Rome	....	makeup artist

Sound Department
Andy Milligan	....	sound (as Joi Gogan)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Yale	....	lighting technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andy Milligan	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Raffine)

Other crew
Matt Baylor	....	technical director
Willis Reed	....	continuity

Production Companies

• ASA Productions

Distributors

• J.E.R. Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• J.E.R. Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Scorpio Video (1983) (UK) (VHS)
• Scorpio Video (1983) (UK) (video) (Betamax)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2004) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Video Home Library (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• J.E.R. Pictures  presented by (as a J.E.R. Pictures Inc. Presentation)

Also Known As:

Blood Rites

Runtime:

81 min | USA:72 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:(Banned) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

ASA Productions

Trivia:

Film debut of Richard Romanus.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In several of the fight scenes of the film, the crew and their cameras and sound equipment are visible. There are also moments when the director can be heard softly reminding the actors of their lines.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Night to Dismember (1983)

Forgotten B-movie is worth a look

Andy Milligan was a film maker out of Staten Island New York who made films of very low quality but managed to be entertainig anyway. Ghastly Ones has a great premise about three sisters who go to a private island for the reading of their father's will. Soon the sisters and their husbands begin getting brutally murdered! IS the killer the weird mute hunchback brother of the housekeeper?? Or is it someone else??? The script is actually a lot of fun and so are the murders. The camera work and photography damage the film from living up to it's potential. The acting and story are above average and I liked the ending a lot. The opening murder has nothing to do with the rest of the film either. Still Ghastly Ones is worth a look!!