The Haunted House of Horror (1969)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Michael Armstrong

Writers:

Michael Armstrong (screenplay)
Gerry Levy (additional material)

Release Date:

15 April 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Behind its forbidden doors an evil secret hides!

Plot:

Teenagers gathered in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who among them is the killer before he finishes off everybody.

Plot Keywords:

Teenager | Murder | Knife | Party | Mini Skirt

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Horror House (USA)
The Dark

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Norway:(Banned) (1970-2003) | Norway:18 (video rating) | UK:15 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Bank Hall, Bretherton, Lancashire, England, UK

Company:

Tigon

Trivia:

Boris Karloff was offered the role of the Police Inspector but health problems forced him to decline. He was instead offered a smaller role as the film's narrator but this was scrapped when his health deteriorated further.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

Responsibilty

Threadbare British slasher...

Group of older British kids (and one American, Frankie Avalon!) leave a boring party to chase ghosts at a supposedly haunted abandoned mansion; murders follow. There's an interesting sub-plot in this sub-par slasher--that of a young woman trying to untangle herself from an affair with a married older man--but it is wasted in this hysterical context. Released by Tigon Productions, a British arm of American International (which explains Avalon's appearance), and one in dire need of some macabre imagination. This one substitutes thrills with clichés, bright red blood, deadening teen-nobodys dotting the cast, and a depressing air of pointlessness in the wake of some shock deaths. Watchable for fans of the genre, but hardly satisfying. *1/2 from ****