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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

"Acclaimed as "THE FEAR OF THE YEAR.""

1965

1h 38m

6.5(194 votes)

Horror

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Katy Wild

Katy Wild

Valda (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Creative team

Directed by: Freddie Francis
Written by: Milton Subotsky
Produced by: Milton Subotsky
Max Rosenberg

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