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Dr Terror's House of Horrors

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

Acclaimed as "THE FEAR OF THE YEAR."

19656.51h 38m

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.

Directed by Freddie Francis
Written by Milton Subotsky
Produced by Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky
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Top Cast

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Franklyn Marsh

Roy Castle

Roy Castle

Biff Bailey

Alan Freeman

Alan Freeman

Bill Rogers

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Bob Carroll

Neil McCallum

Neil McCallum

Jim Dawson

Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

Peter Madden

Peter Madden

Caleb (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Ursula Howells

Ursula Howells

Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Katy Wild

Katy Wild

Valda (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Themes & Keywords

anthologycrawling hand

About Dr Terror's House of Horrors

Dr Terror's House of Horrors is a horror film released in 1965 exploring themes of anthology, crawling hand. Directed by Freddie Francis, it stars Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Castle. 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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