Torture Garden

Nov 1, 1967

1h 40m

★ 6.2

Do You Dare See What Dr. Diabolo Sees?

Overview

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr Diabolo, to warn people of foreseeable evil. One by one, skeptics stand before the Fate Atropos to preview the greed and violence hiding behind their respectable façades.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Amicus Productions

Torture Garden Trailers

Cast

Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Burgess Meredith

Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Jack Palance

Carla Hayes (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

Beverly Adams

Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Peter Cushing

Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")

Maurice Denham

Dorothy Endicott (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Barbara Ewing

Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")

Michael Bryant

Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

John Standing

Bruce Benton (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

Robert Hutton

Eddie Storm (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

John Phillips

Gordon Roberts (Framing Story)

Michael Ripper

Dr. Heim (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

Bernard Kay

Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly.

6.2

The Hole

Apr 20, 2001

Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.

6.0

Werewolves Within

Jun 25, 2021

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

5.6

The Field Guide to Evil

Dec 19, 2019

A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.

7.3

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Nov 9, 1984

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

No Image

5.7

Killer Story

Mar 9, 2004

Three very modern adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories. Two old-time pulp writers get together to spin some horrific yarns, only they don't know they are caught up in a horror story of their own making.

6.1

The Strangers

May 29, 2008

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

6.7

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Sep 24, 1986

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

7.2

The Day of the Beast

Oct 20, 1995

When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocalypse.

No Image

6.3

Strangled

Jan 1, 1996

Contains three stories. In "Car Trouble," two hapless motorists who go to the wrong house for help and end up the prisoners of a psychotic killer! In "Secret Agent Murders," two agents learn a deadly secret about their boss and are targeted for murder. In "George's Daydreams," George plans to murder three women after they humiliate him at a bar.

6.7

Cat's Eye

Apr 12, 1985

Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

5.0

Quarries

Oct 26, 2016

To escape her abusive boyfriend, Kat joins a wilderness expedition with a group of women, all of whom are struggling with the uncertainty of life. What was supposed to be an opportunity for personal discovery quickly becomes a fight for survival, forcing each one to discover the strength within themselves that they didn't even know they possessed. While being brazenly chased by a pack of predators, the strong quickly set themselves apart from the weak. In a battle of will, stamina, and heart, these very virtues present themselves at the most crucial moment. With death looming, each is left with what is truly important - the strength within oneself.

6.5

Psycho II

Jun 3, 1983

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?

4.9

Dracula III: Legacy

Jul 12, 2005

Dracula leads vampire hunters Father Uffizi and Luke back to Eastern Europe, and a country plagued by civil war.

6.8

Child's Play

Nov 9, 1988

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

7.9

Faust

Oct 13, 1926

God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.

6.8

Phenomena

Jan 25, 1985

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

4.3

Sweet Savior

Sep 1, 1971

Sandra Barlow is a 70's girl looking for kicks in the form of sex and drugs. One day, she decides to have an orgy drug party and invite some "freaks" led by Moon to entertain her and her rich friends. Moon has other things in mind as his friends are looking for an orgy of sex and gore.