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Macabre

Macabre

As Blood-Chilling As Being Buried Alive!

19585.91h 12m

Overview

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.

Directed by William Castle
Written by Robb White, Theo Durrant
Produced by Howard W. Koch, Aubrey Schenck, William Castle
Box OfficeBudget: $90KRevenue: $5.0M

Top Cast

William Prince

William Prince

Dr. Rodney Barrett

Jacqueline Scott

Jacqueline Scott

Nurse Polly Baron

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Sheriff Jim Tyloe

J

Jonathan Kidd

Ed Quigley, mortician

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Miss Kushins

Philip Tonge

Philip Tonge

Jode Wetherby

Susan Morrow

Susan Morrow

Sylvia Stevenson

Christine White

Christine White

Nancy Wetherby

Robert Colbert

Robert Colbert

Nick, chauffeur

Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris

Alice Wetherby Barrett

Themes & Keywords

daughterrace against timemotherbased on novel or booknursegreedinvestigationfatherburied alivesisterchild in perilmurderinheritancedoctorcorpsehousekeeperanonymous telephone callmortuaryblindnessgraveyardsmall town sheriffchild kidnappingcorpse in coffinmissing daughterphilanderersearch for daughterloss of familyfamily vaultsuspicious doctormystery villainsmall town americatwist endingdaughter of wealthy mannegligent doctor

About Macabre

Macabre is a horror, thriller, mystery film released in 1958 exploring themes of daughter, race against time, mother, based on novel or book, nurse, greed. Directed by William Castle, it stars William Prince, Jacqueline Scott, Jim Backus. After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.

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