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Macabre Serenade

1968 · 89 min

A creaky, atmospheric old-dark-house chiller that drifts between sinister and silly, rewarding patience with oddball menace.

Genres
Horror, Mystery
Overview
Relatives of a recently deceased man meet at his eerie castle for a reading of the will. They encounter a sinister piano player who turns out to be a toy maker, and his toys are imbued with murderous intentions.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Family, death, greed, madness
Content
Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror6
    Humour2
    Realism3
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight3

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, mystery
    Directed by
    Jack Hill, Juan Ibáñez
    Written by
    Jack Hill, José Méndez, Luis Enrique Vergara, Octavio Ocampo
    Starring
    Boris Karloff, Julissa, Andrés García, José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla', Beatriz Baz, Quintín Bulnes, Manuel Alvarado, Arturo Fernández
    Music
    Alicia Urreta
    Cinematography
    Austin McKinney, Raúl Domínguez
    Runtime
    89 min
    Country
    Mexico
    Languages
    English, Spanish

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