"The Keeper" is frustrating. The basic plot is pretty interesting and it stars Christopher Lee...yet the story is pretty dull and the acting often rather poor.
The owner of a mental asylum (Lee) is a very bad sort. He uses hypnosis to make people do all sorts of bad things and he kills the family members of rich residents so that he can eventually gain control of their fortunes. He also kills off residents if the family finds them to be embarrassing or too much trouble. Most of the story is about private dicks' attempts to catch 'The Keeper' (Lee) and put him out of business.
This should have been interesting...but wasn't. Poor acting by all but Lee and the shoeshine boy are much of the problem, though cheap music and special effects also hinder the story.
By the way, in lots of films you see hypnosis being used in all sorts of evil and exploitive ways. Sadly, as a trained hypnotherapist, I have been unable to do any of this and want my money back!
The owner of a mental asylum (Lee) is a very bad sort. He uses hypnosis to make people do all sorts of bad things and he kills the family members of rich residents so that he can eventually gain control of their fortunes. He also kills off residents if the family finds them to be embarrassing or too much trouble. Most of the story is about private dicks' attempts to catch 'The Keeper' (Lee) and put him out of business.
This should have been interesting...but wasn't. Poor acting by all but Lee and the shoeshine boy are much of the problem, though cheap music and special effects also hinder the story.
By the way, in lots of films you see hypnosis being used in all sorts of evil and exploitive ways. Sadly, as a trained hypnotherapist, I have been unable to do any of this and want my money back!