THE CAROL OHMART APPRECIATION BLOG

This film was Carol Ohmart's first big box office hit. It was a William Castle film featuring Vincent Price as Frederick Loren and Carol Ohmart as Annabelle Loren, an unhappily married couple who invite 5 strangers to stay the night with them in a rented haunted mansion. If the 5 guests stay the whole night they get $10,000.00 and if they don't they get nothing.   The guests are made up of Richard Long as Lance Schroeder, Alan Marshall as Dr. David Trent, Carolyn Craig as annoying and constantly screaming Nora Manning, Elisha Cook Jr. as Watson Pritchard, and Julie Mitchum as Ruth Bridges. There is an extremely hideous and scary Butler and Maid played by Howard Hoffman as Jonas and Leona Anderson as the maid Mrs. Slydes. The movie is not very scary but yet it is entertaining for the mystery of the story, the location of the shoot which was Frank Lloyd Wright ENNIS HOUSE which was also used in the film BLADE RUNNER and many more.  The whole cast did a good job and Carol Ohmart ...

Carol Ohmart did a film called WILD YOUTH and also known as NAKED YOUTH. Carol plays the character of Madge who is a heroin addict. In the film they nicknamed the drug "Horse" which must be before my time. Her boyfriend Revas played by John Goddard is her dealer as well. Revas steals some horse from a Mexican dealer at a bullfighting stadium and he and Madge flee Mexico across the border into the states. The drugs are stored in a doll they purchased in Mexico. Revas and Madge pickup some runaway reform school boys named Frankie (Robert Arthur) and Switch played by (Steve Rowland). Frankie's girlfriend has gone with them. Her name is Donna and is played by Jan Brooks.  Things go south on the drive and Switch, Frankie, and Donna abscond with the doll full of drugs with Revas and Madge in pursuit. Pursuing all of them is police detective Maddo played by Robert Hutton.  During this time innocent people get killed as Revas stops at nothing to recover the drugs. It ends well wi...