Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Feb 23, 1965

1h 38m

★ 6.4

Acclaimed as "THE FEAR OF THE YEAR."

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.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Amicus Productions

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Trailers

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

Tod (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Edward Underdown

Ann Rogers (segment "Creeping Vine")

Ann Bell

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