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The Horror of It All

1964 · 75 min

A creaky, silly old-dark-house romp that plays its spooky family for laughs, with a light mystery and a wink at the audience.

Tagline
The zaniest bunch of ghouls ever to haunt a house!
Overview
In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand of one of their daughters in marriage. He soon finds himself in the midst of a really odd family. One of them talks like Bela Lugosi, another believes herself to be a vampire, while a third is locked away in a padded cell. Another family member is thrilled when he finally invents a horseless carriage (50 years after Ford), and the family grandfather is found reading Playboy just before he dies. Trouble begins when members of the family begin to be mysteriously murdered. The American suitor must then discover which member of the strange family is in line to inherit the family fortune.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • greed
  • deception
  • mystery
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour7
Realism3
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
horror, comedy
Directed by
Terence Fisher
Written by
Ray Russell
Starring
Pat Boone, Erica Rogers, Dennis Price, Andrée Melly, Valentine Dyall, Jack Bligh, Archie Duncan, Erik Chitty
Music
Douglas Gamley
Cinematography
Arthur Lavis
Runtime
75 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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