The Beast in the Cellar

Apr 14, 1971

1h 29m

★ 4.8

A chill-filled festival of horror!

Overview

Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two nearby sisters realise they might understand what's happening.

Genres

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Tigon British Film Productions

Leander Films

The Cannon Group

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Cast

Ellie Ballantyne

Beryl Reid

Joyce Ballantyne

Flora Robson

Alan Marlow

John Hamill

Nurse Sutherland

Tessa Wyatt

Det. Chief Sup. Paddick

T. P. McKenna

Newsmith

Vernon Dobtcheff

Sgt. Young

John Kelland

Dr. Spencer

David Dodimead

Baker

Christopher Chittell

Roy

Peter Craze

Stephen Ballantyne

Dafydd Havard

Young Ellie

Gail Lidstone

Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.

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