The Old Dark House
1932 · ★ 6.8 · Dir. James Whale
Five persons in the house… Strangers cut off from the world by thunderstorms and landslide... Terror of the unknown draws them together.
Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister Rebecca are the group's peculiar hosts. The house also holds surprises - and a brutish mute manservant named Morgan.
- Released
- 1932-10-19
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
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Boris Karloff
Morgan
Melvyn Douglas
Roger Penderel
Charles Laughton
Sir William 'Bill' Porterhouse
Lilian Bond
Gladys Perkins aka Gladys DuCane
Ernest Thesiger
Horace Femm
Eva Moore
Rebecca Femm
Raymond Massey
Philip Waverton
Gloria Stuart
Margaret Waverton
Elspeth Dudgeon
Sir Roderick Femm (as John Dudgeon)
Brember Wills
Saul Femm
Keywords
PsychotronicStormStalkerFightMadnessCult filmFamily secretsHouseDrunkennessEccentricOld manPre-codeAttractionOld dark housePyromaniacLocked roomLandslideStormy nightCentenarianRefugeMute servant
