Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Director: Jean Yarbrough Jean Yarbrough

Overview

Horror, comedy, and country corn combine when country singers Woody Weathrby and Boots Malone get caught in a big storm en route to the Nashville Jamboree and end up taking shelter in a creepy looking old mansion that is said to be haunted. Though plenty of spooky things go on there, the hapless hayseeds quickly figure out that the haunting has more to do with a ring of international agents led by the enigmatic and sly Madame Wong than it does the supernatural. The spies have made the abandoned building their headquarters as they endeavor to steal a valuable atomic secret. This was the final film of Basil Rathbone. It is also a sequel to Las Vegas Hillbillies (1966).

Product Details

Release Date:	05/11/2021
UPC:	0827421034601
Original Release:	1967
Rating:	G
Source:	Cheezy Flicks Ent
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	20,108

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ferlin Husky	Woody Wetherby
Joi Lansing	Boots Malone
Dan Bowman	Jeepers,Jeepers
John Carradine	Dr. Himmel
Lon Chaney Jr.	Maximillian
Basil Rathbone	Gregor
Linda Ho	Madame Wong
George Barrows	Gorilla
Molly Bee	Herself
Merle Haggard	Himself
Jim Kent	Himself
Sonny James	Himself
Marcella Wright	Herself
Richard Webb	Agent Jim Meadows
Allen Jung	Dr. Fu
Virginia Ann Lee	Agent Ming Toy (as Virginia Lee)
Creighton Chaney	Maximillian
Jay Jasin	Actor
Pat Patterson	Actor
Hal Borne	Composer

Technical Credits

Duke Yelton

Bernard Woolner	Producer
Jean Yarbrough	Director
Duke Yelton	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

One sequence in particular betrays Hillbillys in a Haunted House's true goal: that of presenting a series of then-popular country music acts. In the scene, our three exhausted travelers -- entertainers Ferlin Husky and Joi Lansing and their business manager, Don Bowman -- have all settled down for the night in the dilapidated and possibly ghostly Old Beauregard Mansion. The latter decides to pass the time with a bit of television and the movie grinds to a complete halt while the movie audience watch him watching a couple of music acts. It is all very silly -- and how could an obvious drive-in potboiler like this be anything but? -- but considering the appallingly sad state of such horror movie icons as Basil Rathbone (in his final performance), John Carradine, and Lon Chaney Jr., Hillbillys in a Haunted House is also quite depressing. Not coincidentally, the hayseed comedy proved veteran director Jean Yarbrough's final theatrical release.