Mansion of the Doomed

A respected eye surgeon named Leonard Chaney causes a car crash that leaves his daughter Nancy blind. Overcome by guilt, he becomes convinced that restoring her sight is the only way to make amends. He comes to believe that a whole living eye, not tissue from a dead donor, is what the transplant requires, and he begins abducting people to take theirs. When the first attempt fails, he keeps trying with new victims, holding his prisoners captive while his daughter has no idea what her father is doing to give her back her sight.

Released in 1976, the film was directed by Michael Pataki and written by Frank Ray Perilli, with Charles Band producing. It was Pataki's first feature as director in a career that continued with Cinderella the following year. Richard Basehart leads the cast as Dr. Chaney, with Gloria Grahame as Katherine, Lance Henriksen as Dr. Dan Bryan, Trish Stewart as Nancy Chaney, JoJo D'Amore and Al Ferrara among the twenty credited performers.

The horror film runs 86 minutes and was made in the United States. Its reception divides sharply by audience. On IMDb, where it holds a rating of 5.5 out of 10 from around 1,500 votes, viewers are mixed. On TMDB it sits at 6.2 out of 10, though from a much smaller pool of only 37 votes.