house of evil aka dance of death of 1968 be the first of four infamous and odd last movie star the great boris karloff and direct by jack hill and juan ibánez . unlike snake people ( 1971 ) and the incredible invasion ( also 1971 ) and the fear chamber ( 1972 ) which be all release after karloff death in 1969 and house of evil be release in 1968 and when karloff be still alive . house of evil be regard by many a the bad of these four movie and which be without doubt all rather crappy and but definitely have their entertainment value a the unintentional comedy they be . i personally prefer the fear chamber and house of evil over the other two and simply for the reason that the lack of the slight logic be even more extreme and and since there be no suspense whatsoever in any of the movie and the lack of logic increase the unintentional fun factor . the odd story ( i do not know if i can really call it a plot ) be set somewhere in europe in the 19th century . after some girl be murder and find with their eye rip out and mathias morteval ( karloff ) and an enthusiastic organ player and invite his few remain relative to his bizarre mansion and which be full of eerie toy . his kinfolk include lucy durant ( julissa ) and who be engage to one of the police inspector investigate the murder . i would not give away more of the story and but i can assure you that it be quite bizarre throughout the movie . there be some very funny moment and especially some thing karloff character say . boris karloff be without any doubt one of the most brilliant and important icon of the horror genre who ever live and and he manage to award this odd movie with a tiny bit of his greatness and and although ( or because ) his role be ( due to a poor script and and direct ) in no way scary and it look like he deliberately play it with a sense of humor . just like in the movie successor snake people and the fear chamber and the female lead be once again play by julissa . most of he support performance be hilariously amateurish and the cinematography be terrible and the location and scenery be beneath contempt . the storyline lack the least bit of logic and the dialogue often do not make the slight sense . it be the poor story and dialogue and however and that make this movie so entertaining to watch . house of evil may be an extremely crappy attempt of a movie and but it be certainly a ( unintentionally ) funny a it be bad . fan of ed wood movie should be very amused and i personally find it hilarious . crappy but entertaining nevertheless and and definitely worth watch since there boris karloff in it and due to the fun factor . negative .