Memorable quotes for
The House in Nightmare Park (1973)

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[talking in his sleep]
Foster Twelvetrees: Oh... no. Melanie, don't... you mustn't... I'm saving myself for Miss Right.
[loud knocking]
Foster Twelvetrees: Oh, no... oh Melanie...
[more knocking, he wakes]
Foster Twelvetrees: Eh? Oh! They won't let you enjoy anything in this house.

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[Foster arrives at a remote country house]
Foster Twelvetrees: Yoo-hoo! I'm here... the entertainment's arrived! I've played empty houses before, but blimey...

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[unpacking in his room, Frankie sets up a load of photographs of himself]
Foster Twelvetrees: Not bad for 32.

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[referring to the lady of the manor's pet rabbits]
Foster Twelvetrees: Look at their little noses twitching, wonderful sense of smell, you know. I could smell them before I came round the corner... Look at them, what a lovely pair. May I stroke them? I meant the rabbits!

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Reggie Henderson: Damn moron!
Foster Twelvetrees: Now watch it, mate!
Reggie Henderson: The man's a cretin!
Foster Twelvetrees: That's better.

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[upon being rescued from a meat cleaver-wielding maniac]
Foster Twelvetrees: If you hadn't come in, it would have been Sixtrees!

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[commenting on the table wine]
Foster Twelvetrees: It's a bit dry for my taste. I prefer it a bit... wetter.

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[Verity faints while Foster is giving a recitation from Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop"]
Foster Twelvetrees: I was just giving her my "Little Nell."
Reggie Henderson: You filthy swine!

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Foster Twelvetrees: Do I play the piano? Does Paganini play the trumpet?
Verity Henderson: Do you play by ear?
Foster Twelvetrees: No, I'm going to use my fingers.

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[to the coachman who abandons him a half mile from the menacing country house]
Foster Twelvetrees: I hope your wick shrivels!

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