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Acclaimed as "THE FEAR OF THE YEAR" - Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
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Title: Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Release Date: 23 Feb 1965

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Horror

Director: Amicus Productions

Production Companies: Amicus Productions

Overview: Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.414 (174 votes)

Cast

  • Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror": Peter Cushing
  • Franklyn Marsh: Christopher Lee
  • Biff Bailey: Roy Castle
  • Bill Rogers: Alan Freeman
  • Bob Carroll: Donald Sutherland
  • Jim Dawson: Neil McCallum
  • Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine"): Bernard Lee
  • Caleb (segment 1 "Werewolf"): Peter Madden
  • Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf"): Ursula Howells
  • Valda (segment 1 "Werewolf"): Katy Wild
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