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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965 · 98 min

A cozy, creaky portmanteau of campfire tales, with genteel dread, sudden shocks, and a wry twinkle in its eye.

Tagline: Acclaimed as "THE FEAR OF THE YEAR."
Overview: Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: fate
death
revenge
obsession
betrayal
Places: single country house
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: anthology
twist ending
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	4
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Written by: Milton Subotsky
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Castle, Alan Freeman, Donald Sutherland, Neil McCallum, Bernard Lee, Peter Madden
Music: Elisabeth Lutyens
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Runtime: 98 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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