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It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

The title, "Chamber of Horrors" is a bit misleading as it is more of a mystery than a horror film. It does have a bargain basement chamber of horrors with an Iron Maiden but is incidental to the plot. However, since there IS an Iron Maiden, you have to believe that someone is bound to be caught within its clutches at some point.The film opens with Lord Selford (Aubrey Mallenlieu) on his deathbed describing his final wishes. He is to be entombed with the family jewels ad enclosed in a crypt sealed by a door with seven locks. His son is to inherit the estate. A distant cousin, June Lansdowne (Lili Palmer) will inherit the estate should evil befall the young Lord. Lawyer Edward Havelock (David Horne), the executor, is appointed keeper of the seven keys. Interested parties are Dr. Manetto (Leslie Banks) and servants Bevan and Ann Cody (Harry Hutchinson, Kathleen Nesbitt), the chauffeur Cawler (Philip Ray), Silva (J.H. Roberts) and the butler Craig (a sinister looking Robert Montgomery)(not THAT Robert Montgomery).Silva, dying in a nursing home, sends a letter to June containing one of the keys and asking her to come and see him a.s.a.p. During their meeting, Silva is murdered by an unseen assailant. June goes to Scotland Yard for help. Recently resigned detective Dick Martin (Romilly Lunge) and Inspector Sneed (Richard Bird) take an interest. On returning to the nursing home they find that there is no trace of Silva's body or the "nurse" Ann Cody.The scene then shifts to an old dark house in the country where Dr. Manetto has taken up residence. We know right away that he is up to no good. Martin and June visit Havelock with June's key only to find out that all seven keys in the lawyer's care have disappeared. Then Martin decides to investigate further. Dr. Manetto is revealed to be the leader of the group but with his own agenda. It turns out that behind the door with seven locks there may be secrets other than the priceless jewels. The door is opened and...............................Lili Palmer was at the outset of a very long and prosperous. Kathleen Nesbitt too, went on to many years of success. Leslie Banks is probably best remembered for his role in "The Most Dangerous Game" (1932). He also appeared in some Alfred Hitchcock films in the 30s as well. Gina Milo is along for comedy relief as Glenda, June's room mate.The story is based on an Edgar Wallace novel entitled "The Door with Seven Keys". It is never explains why there are seven keys since they were left in the keeping of one person. And. how did Silva know where to find June? Anyway, Edgar Wallace is given the producer's credit even though he had been dead since 1932.

A muddled plot, directed in an extremely middling manner by Norman Lee, yet distinguished by the vibrant Lilli Palmer in the lead role. Mr Lunge's somewhat erratic hero seems as far at sea as the rest of us, but Leslie Banks has himself a grand old time as the villain. He receives some wonderful assistance too from his assistants, particularly Cathleen Nesbitt as a spooky maid of all work and Robert Montgomery as a vampire-visaged servant.There are some occasions when Messrs Norman Lee, Ernest Palmer and Charles Gilbert manage to overcome an obviously limited budget to produce a few genuine thrills and atmospheric effects. All the same, they manage to work up very little suspense or even a passing interest in the plot. Pedestrian direction is the chief hindrance, but soporifically unfunny comic relief from Gina Malo, Richard Bird and even Mr Lunge himself doesn't help either. In short, this movie amounts to second-rate Edgar Wallace. If you're neither a Palmer or a Banks fan, give it a miss!

The movie opens with a shot of an old mansion being surrounded by a lightning storm. Could anything be more unoriginal? Opening like that, you know that there isn't going to be much to write home about. All the standard stuff you would expect to find in this kind of a movie is here.An old and wealthy man (Aubrey Mallalieu) dies, leaving his estate naturally enough to his son, but the inheritance is locked away in the old guy's tomb and seven keys are needed to open it. The man's servants, of course (including a butler, played by Robert Montgomery, who looks vaguely like something that would have fit in nicely with the Addams Family) are convinced that they deserve the inheritance far more than the boy, and they set out to get it.Basically the story revolves around the search for the missing key, as a woman named June from Canada (Lilli Palmer) turns out to be the heir to the fortune after the son disappears and isn't heard from for several years. She's in a contest with Dr. Mannetta (Leslie Banks) - your typical evil doctor type complete with a monkey who rides around on his shoulders, and who is a collector of torture equipment. Anyway, I found it all rather silly and not really all that interesting, although a bit funny in places. I love the character of Dick Martin (Romilly Lunge) for example. As the movie starts he's handing in his resignation from Scotland Yard when June walks in to the office to report a murder. June's cute, and Martin uses the murder as an opportunity to get a girlfriend. Then, smitten with her as he is - and suspicious of Mannetta as he is - he nevertheless leaves June alone all night in the mansion with Mannetta. It doesn't make much sense, but in a way that fit with the rest of the movie. 3/10

Chamber of Horrors is an entertaining British horror/mystery from 1940. I have the VCI edition of this on video which I had ordered from the US.A series of murders at a creepy mansion are connected to the secret of a door which has seven keys to it and nobody has opened for a while. A young woman tries to solve this mystery and all is revealed towards the end when the door is opened... Includes a mute butler and a mad doctor who collects items used for torture. Also a thunderstorm.Though not a lot of action in this movie, it is quite creepy and atmospheric at times.The cast includes Leslie Banks (The Most Dangerous Game, The Tunnel) and Lilli Palmer.Chamber of Horrors is worth a look if you get the chance. A good old mystery.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.