
The Haunted Palace(1963)
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.


“Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece of Terror !”
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.

Charles Laughton
Sire Alain de Maletroit

Boris Karloff
Voltan

Sally Forrest
Blanche de Maletroit

Richard Wyler
Denis de Beaulieu
William Cottrell
Corbeau

Alan Napier
Count Grassin

Morgan Farley
Renville

Paul Cavanagh
Edmond de Maletroit

Michael Pate
Talon
Marion Gray
The Strange Door is a horror, thriller film released in 1951 exploring themes of kidnapping, secret passage, arranged marriage, torture, gothic horror, trapped. Directed by Joseph Pevney, it stars Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest. The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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