Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Hitchcoc I too feel sad that some really fine actors had to resort to something like this. Rathbone, Carradine, and Chaney are immersed in one of the most tiresome wastes of time ever. Then we have country stars of the time, Merle Haggard, and the forgettable Ferlin Huskie singing away. There is no order or sense to any of this. Chaney does steal a few scenes, but I can't imagine putting down some change to see this mess in 1967. Of course, there were triple features at drive-in theaters which probably provided a venue.

MartinHafer I recently learned about this movie when I saw a documentary entitled "The Fifty Worst Movies" and since I am a glutton for punishment, it sounded like it would be so bad it was funny. Well, after seeing this film, it is so bad that it's just plain awful. Seeing the movie to make fun of it isn't really possible--it just stinks so badly! Towards the end of their careers, Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney and John Carradine would star in just about anything--and this film is the proof. It's a combination horror movie, Country Music marathon and spy movie!! Yep, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you! Talk about awful! The film begins with old-time Country singer Ferlin Husky and his friends driving to Nashville for a concert. You know it's going to be a long ride when one of the friends is named "Jeepers" and they start the film with one of the worst songs I can remember. The problem was that it was very obvious that they were just moving their lips and the song literally sounded like it was recorded in a tunnel. In fact, all the songs in the film (and there were MANY) sounded this way. Throughout the film, they'd break into song in the darnedest places and most ridiculously inappropriate moments. And, at the end, when there was no more plot, they just had about 6 songs in a row by a variety of long-forgotten Country stars. The net effect was a lot like watching an extended episode of "Hee-Haw" without all the corny jokes.As far as the aging actors go, they were spies (naturally) who lived in a haunted house and had a killer gorilla (obviously a guy in a costume). None of it made a bit of sense and the film made BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA look like Shakespeare in comparison!! Dumb, pointless and absolutely painful if you hate old-time Country music. This is a chore to watch!

DocS-1 This has to be one of the all-time dumbest movies ever made. The storyline and dialogue (somehow mingling 60's spy-stuff with horror with country-music stars) is completely brainless, and most of the musical numbers were crammed into the story with a broken crowbar. I'm embarrassed for Messrs. Chaney, Rathbone,and Carradine (who must have never been given full scripts, or been desperate for cash). And the non-acting doesn't even deserve THAT much respect. All that said, the ONLY redeeming quality this nonsense has is the "live" performances of the country stars of the time at the end. If that's where your tastes lie, scan forward through all the rest!

lemon_magic For what it was, "Hillbillies" wasn't really all that bad. By this I mean that it isn't stultifyingly awful or technically incompetent like most of Jesse Franco's output. It isn't stupid and disgusting like Ted V. Mikels' films. Yes, it's pretty silly and the plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense - think "Hitchcock filtered through 'God's Little Acre' and about 2 quarts of moonshine". But it has a couple of real actors in it, and some genuine musical talent that distracts from the skimpy plot, and a person who wasn't feeling especially discriminating could conceivably enjoy it if he or she had a few drinks. But what distinguishes this movie as a cinematic train wreck is the fact that the last 20 minutes or so is pure filler.In fact the last 20 minutes should have been the middle 20 minutes. By this I mean that once the actual plot is over - the bad guys are captured and everything is wrapped up - the movie should be over, except for maybe a recap or a "farewell" coda. And normally in a movie like this at this point you'd expect the musician/actors to perform a number (to a wildly enthusiastic audience) as the credits roll. Instead, the screenplay does a "Merry Widow" and proceeds to parade a random bunch of folk and country music stars on camera who do their little musical turns and walk off. For 20+ minutes! I kept looking at my watch and thinking "Surely this will be the last number...oh NOES, here they go AGAIN!" It's the oddest sensation. For all I know, the uninterrupted musical "concert" at the end were the real reason for the movie, but surely the place for it should have been in the middle of the story, since the plot routinely came to a complete halt while someone sang a number anyway. This anomaly is extremely disorienting for anyone in a modern audience who expects a movie to be *over* when it's over.The oddest darned thing I've seen in a loooong time.