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House of 1,000 Dolls

1967 · 90 min

A lurid, slow-moving sixties thriller that coasts on exotic menace and a hammy villain rather than real suspense.

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Overview
When a vacationing couple in Tangiers runs into an old friend there, they discover that he is searching for his missing girlfriend who has been kidnapped by an international gang of white slavers.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • isolation
  • power
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Directed by
Jeremy Summers
Written by
María del Carmen Martínez Román, Harry Alan Towers
Starring
Vincent Price, Martha Hyer, George Nader, Ann Smyrner, Wolfgang Kieling, Sancho Gracia, Maria Rohm, Herbert Fux
Music
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Cinematography
Manuel Merino
Runtime
90 min
Country
Spain, Germany
Languages
English, Spanish, German

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