House of the Long Shadows

Jun 17, 1983

1h 40m

★ 6.4

Room for every nightmare… A nightmare in every room.

Overview

An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Mystery

Production Companies

London-Cannon Films

The Cannon Group

Golan-Globus Productions

House of the Long Shadows Trailers

Cast

Lionel Grisbane

Vincent Price

Corrigan

Christopher Lee

Sebastian Grisbane

Peter Cushing

Kenneth Magee

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Elijah Grisbane

John Carradine

Victoria Grisbane

Sheila Keith

Mary Norton

Julie Peasgood

Sam Allyson

Richard Todd

Diana Caulder

Louise English

Station Master

Norman Rossington

Andrew Caulder

Richard Hunter

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