The Haunted House of Horror ( Horror House ) ( The Dark )

The Haunted House of Horror (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Horror House
Alternate Title: The Dark
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1969 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Armstrong

Written By:
Michael Armstrong
Gerry Levy

Actors:
Frankie Avalon ..... Chris
Jill Haworth ..... Sheila
Dennis Price ..... Inspector Bill Bradley
Mark Wynter ..... Gary Scott
George Sewell ..... Bob Kellett
Gina Warwick ..... Sylvia Fuller
Richard O'Sullivan ..... Peter
Carol Dilworth ..... Dorothy Pulman
Julian Barnes ..... Richard
Veronica Doran ..... Madge
Robin Stewart ..... Henry
Jan Holden ..... Peggy
Clifford Earl ..... Police Sergeant Pelley
Robert Raglan ..... John Bradley

Synopsis:

A group of sixties teenagers bored with the party they're at drive out to a deserted old mansion, but their laughter turns to fear when one of them is killed in a frenzied knife attack. Another of them persuades the rest that they should solve the murder themselves rather than go to the police, not surprisingly opening the way to further carnage.

In swinging London, a group of twenty-something friends are attending a rather dull party, and they decide to gather for kicks at an old supposedly haunted mansion where one of their number used to play as a child. Among the group is American ringleader Chris, his bored partygirl girlfriend Sheila, promiscuous Sylvia who has her eye on handsome two-timing Gary, and his 'good girl' date Dorothy. Also tagging along are nervous, heavy-set Madge and her sarcastic, hot-tempered boyfriend Peter, and sweet faced Richard (who suggested going to the mansion), and his friend Henry. They are all followed by Paul Kellet, Sylvia's older jealous married ex-boyfriend. They have fun exploring the mansion, even holding a seance before separating one by one by candlelight on the moonlit night. Sylvia, frightened by the mansion, leaves and hitchhikes toward home, but Kellet, hangs behind at the mansion. While all the partiers are alone, Gary is brutally knifed; his body is discovered by the panic-stricken Dorothy and the others. Since some of them have a criminal record, Chris convinces the group to leave Gary's body far from the home and to pretend that Gary left and no one knows where he went. They are all shaken by Chris' assertion that one of them must be the murderer. During the next few weeks, the survivors are possessed by tension and guilt, and after Gary is reported missing, they are further shaken by questioning from the police. Kellet confronts Sylvia, learning that she may have lost a lighter that could link them at the mansion. He returns there where he is also killed. Dorothy calls the survivors together to ask to confess. However, Chris convinces them to return to the house to discover who among them is the killer before they all succumb to a gruesome death. Meanwhile, Sylvia is visited by the police again, and she discloses the location of the house after learning of Kellet's disappearance. At the mansion, Dorothy becomes hysterical, prompting several of the group to depart, leaving just Chris, Sheila, and Richard. While Sheila is out of the room, Richard recounts a tale of how he was locked in a basement for three days as a child and how he has a paralyzing fear of the dark or anyone he suspects will lock him away. Despite Chris' efforts, he is also knifed and Sheila is frantically chased around the mansion. Just as Richard is about to strike, the moon goes behind a cloud, bringing about his reversion to childhood and fear of the dark, thus saving the Sheila as the police arrive.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 February, 2012.

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