Mondo Keyhole (1966)

Howard Thorne is a rapist in Los Angeles: he meets women at work and at parties or he sees them walking down the street, and he follows them, terrifies them, and assaults them. He also ... See full summary »

Directors:

Jack Hill, John Lamb

Writer:

Jack Hill

Stars:

Nick Moriarty, Adele Rein, Cathy Crowfoot

Cast

Credited cast:
Nick Moriarty	...	Howard Thorne
Adele Rein	...	Vicky (as Victoria Wren)
Cathy Crowfoot	...	The Crow (as Cathey Crowfoot)
Carol Baughman	...	Carol (as Carole Baughman)
Pluto Felix
Christopher Winters	...	Vampire
Penelope Faith
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rene De Beau	...	Introduction Rape Victim
Gaby Martone	...	Nightgown Rape Victim
Barbara Nordin	...	Bathing Rape Victim
Missy Simone	...	Shy model / Party twin

Storyline

Howard Thorne is a rapist in Los Angeles: he meets women at work and at parties or he sees them walking down the street, and he follows them, terrifies them, and assaults them. He also dreams about these assaults, and he's unclear how much of what he's done is real and how much is fantasy. He ignores his heroin-using wife, Vicki, who tries everything she can think of to get his sexual attention. Howard and Vicki go separately to a costume party where she learns the full truth about his nature and where he is stalked by one of his recent victims. Individualized versions of Hell await Howard and Vicki.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | rape | nudity | husband wife relationship | revenge | 

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Taglines:

Make no mistake... this is not an ordinary motion picture!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

The Worst Crime of Them All

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lamb-Garden

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

it achieves completely what it sets out to do and them some

Of course this film does not deserve the full ten star rating because it is one of the greatest films ever but simply because it achieves completely what it sets out to do and them some. Clearly Jack Hill's brief was to make a sexploitation 'roughie' and this he does with great style but then, the director of Spider Baby can't stop there and this develops into sexploitation-noir and plays with drug taking and psychedelia before a character doing a passing interpretation of Lugosi's Dracula leads us to the end of the world. Along the way we have plenty of sexy action, though beautifully shot and not overlong, and some great party scenes, possibly the best ever with lots of skin and masks. There is also a lady in a large glass of champagne (which is shared by many) and a naked lady covered in salad with much French dressing (which is also shared by many). If you don't think you will like this you probably won't but if you just think you might, you'll love it.