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100% Rotten Tomatoes Director Thomas Y. Drake Production company Telefilm Canada | 4.7/10 IMDb Directed by T.Y. Drake Written by T.Y. Drake Initial release 1976 Screenplay Thomas Y. Drake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Story by David CurnickDonald Wilson Starring Christopher LeeTell SchreiberSally GrayRoss VezarianIan Tracey Similar Movies about hypnosis, Horror movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Keeper is a 1976 Canadian horror-mystery film written and directed by T.Y. Drake and starring Christopher Lee in the title role. The film was never released theatrically and went straight to television.
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Synopsis
Christopher Lee is The Keeper, the sinister and crippled administrator of the secluded and exclusive Underwood Asylum in 1947 British Columbia where the community's wealthiest families have entrusted their mentally-disturbed relatives to his unique care. However, these families soon begin to die under grisly and unusual circumstances, leaving large inheritances to The Keeper's deranged patients.
Richard "Dick" Driver (Tell Schreiber), a private investigator, is hired by a mysterious client to investigate Underwood Asylum and he soon discovers the connection between The Keeper's therapy and the millionaires' deaths.
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Production and release
The Keeper was filmed on a budget of $135,000 in Vancouver, British Columbia from October 1 to 24, 1975.
T.Y. Drake first became involved in the production as a writer, called in for a rewrite after the original proposal had been made to the Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) by producer Donald Wilson. When the original director left the production, the project was later resubmitted with Drake as director, and accepted.
Although never released theatrically and shelved for nearly a decade, The Keeper made its television network premiere as part of The CBS Late Movie on December 19, 1985. In 1987, the film was released on VHS by InterGlobal Home Video (Canada) and has long been out of print.