Old dark house, the 1963 movie clip the morgan the. The old dark house is a 1963 film about an american who sells cars in england and receives a mysterious invitation from an old, eccentric millionaire to visit his house in which he lives with his twin brother. Wonderfully weird and atmospheric, flavoured with james whales trademark dark humour, and featuring an outstanding cast including boris karloff, raymond massey, gloria stuart, melvyn douglas, ernest thesiger, and. This is william castles remake of the james whale 1932 classic the old dark house based on the book by j.
Buy the old dark house 1963 columbia essential classics region 2 pal, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. This chilling comedy chronicles the spooky exploits of a yankee car salesman working in london who sets out to deliver a car to a remote welsh estate. An american car salesman in london becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion. The old dark house 1963 cast and crew an american car salesman in london becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion. Our editorinchief nate yapp is proud to have contributed to the new book hidden horror. Very gentle murder comedy from the combined talents of exploitation pro william castle and englands hammer films.
Aileen lewis, john harvey, mervyn johns, amy dalby, jim obrady, janette scott, robert morley, tom poston, joyce grenfell, fenella. Robert morley makes a dry, surly head of the house, while joyce grenfell the lovely ducks lady in hitchs stage fright has fun as the matriarch who knits by the mile. An american who sells cars in england receives a mysterious invitation from an old, eccentric millionaire to visit his house in which he lives with his twin brother. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The old dark house 1963 columbia essential classics. The femms robert morley as roderick, janette scott as cecily, fenella fielding as morgana, joyce grenfell as agatha explain to american tom poston that they dont believe hes been sent to their english home by accident, in william castles remake the old dark house, 1963. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. In england, an american car salesman endsup spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a clients family. Theold dark house 1963 full movie video dailymotion. Best movies hight rating, action movies, roman movies, lifetime movies, movies in thearter, horror movies playlist. Horror movie the old dark house 1963 horror movie the old. Watch theold dark house 1963 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. With tom poston, robert morley, janette scott, joyce grenfell. The old dark house 1963 pg 10301963 us comedy, horror, mystery 1h 26m user score.
Video archive for the film the old dark house, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1963. A celebration of 101 underrated and overlooked fright flicks, edited by aaron christensen. An odd assortment of travellers find themselves forced to seek shelter with an even odder family of eccentrics in a remote welsh manor on the proverbial dark and stormy night. The old dark house movie put me immediately in mind of the 1960s version of the addams family tv show. The old dark house 1963 columbia essential classics region 2. The ensemble cast includes boris karloff, melvyn douglas, gloria stuart, charles laughton, raymond massey, and ernest thesiger. Tom poston, robert morley, janette scott, joyce grenfell, mervyn johns, peter bull, fenella fielding, danny green, john harvey, amy dalby. American car salesman, tom penderel visits england to deliver a new automobile for creepy casper femm, and is lured back to spooky. It feels like a throwback movie, but in 1963, i would have expected more than just a. If you look carefully at the opening credits you see charles addams inspired this movie as well and it shows. Beware the night seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange femm family. Written by robert dillon, based on the 1927 novel benighted by j.
It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name directed by william castle. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name directed by. The old dark house isnt very good and it doesnt leave me wanting to see the original that is considered good. It is horror comedy but the type of horror comedy that isnt ironic or entirely clever. The old dark house 1963 posters the movie database. Priestleys novel benighted into a nerve jangling tale that became the template for all spookyhouse chillers to come. The old dark house arrives on blu ray from cohen media with an exemplary transfer taken from a brand new 4k restoration. Tom poston, robert morley, janette scott, joyce grenfell, peter bull, william castle, anthony hinds, william castle. An american who sells cars in england receives a mysterious invitation from an old, eccentric millionaire to visit his house in which he. The old dark house 1963 william castle, tom poston. The color version was not seen until the days of home video. It is the second screen adaptation of benighted by j. A comedymystery film from 1963, directed by william castle.
Being mindful that this is an old movie some of its jokes and plot points are dated. For the 1963 william castle film, see the old dark house 1963 film. Also, the british version was passed uncut with an x rating in 1963, but not released until three years later, cut by nearly ten minutes with an a rating. However, thats not to say that the cast, peppered with seasoned pros, dont make it mildly entertaining. Instead, the often freefloating filmic attractions of early film became part of a narrative system as film unambiguously defined its primary role as a teller of tales, a. Presented with an avc mpeg 4 1080p encode and framed at the correct aspect ratio of 1. The old dark house is a 1963 britishamerican comedy horror film directed by william castle. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name directed by james whale. In england, an american car salesman endsup spending a stormy. Yes, the old dark house boasts a creaky old plot that eventually wears out its welcome. The old dark house 1963 an american car salesman in london becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion. Sonys choice collection vault of hardtofind cult and library titles has released the old dark house, the 1963 remake from columbia of the 1932 universal classic, this time starring american comedic actor tom poston amid a sea of superlative british performers. The old dark house mystery was a pet subject of theatrical productions in new york and abroad during the 1920s and 1930s, and.
Odd, considering how tame the film is, even by 1963 standards. Horror, thriller, mystery, comedy the old dark house directors. Prior to the release of the old dark house 1932, a secondfiddle chiller that reunited director james whale and stars boris karloff after the overnight success of frankenstein, motion pictures of similar persuasions were confined to the realm of silence. Ive always wished that maybe one of the local cinemas would run. The original starred charles laughton, melvyn douglas, raymond massey, ernest thesiger forever famous as dr. Tom penderel tom poston, an american car salesman living in london, is invited to spend the weekend at the femm estate. Special feature in association with chapter darkened rooms. Priestleys novel benighted into a nervejangling tale that became the template for all spookyhouse chillers to come. The old dark house trailer 1963 trailer for the 1963 classic the old dark house. A black comedy by william castle productions and hammer films with artwork by charles addams set at a secluded mansion in wales, a classic drivein movie more funny comedy. The old dark house 1963 the old dark house 1963 young sheldon. James whales 1932 drama the old dark house a film that was part of universal studios deliriously successful run of horror films in the pre.
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