William Castle directed. Orphaned tween Barnaby (Pat Conti) has an overactive imagination and no one believes him when he thinks his uncle wants to murder him for his $5 million inheritance. He and his girl friend set out to bump off the uncle.
The little fellow was fourteen or fifteen when he starred in this, but looked twelve. If he and his uncle had made realistic attempts on each other's lives it might have been better. There's a large shark in the murky water of the swimming pool. Piranhas would have been more plausible.
Was inspired to watch Pat Conti in Horror High, his last acting credit made seven years later, about an abused, bullied high school science nerd who comes up with a formula that turns him into a Jekyll and Hyde. I could certainly understand the gym teacher as villain, and even the English teacher, but why the janitor? The teachers threaten his future, telling him they'll flunk him so he can't graduate and get into college. Filmed in Texas. Made today, it would be an allegory for school shootings.
Let's Kill Uncle is free on Movieland.Tv. I should quit watching that channel.
Horror High is free on Fawsome.
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