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- Despite the almost artificial feel to the opening scenes, The Old Dark House really does ramp up the horror as it progresses. It impresses with sharp dialogue, fun – if campy – characters, and the framing, pacing and lighting one expects from the man who brought us Frankenstein.
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A deft blend of well-chosen ingredients, The Old Dark House is a delightfully scary horror comedy that benefits from James Whale's suspenseful direction. Read Critics Reviews
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Jul 23, 2020 · The Old Dark House is a Gothic horror treat full of lasting imagery, camp and black comic humour and a pervasive sense of menace. Where the more colourful characters easily outshine the conventional Hollywood heroes and heroines, nothing overshadows the way this deliciously dark tale is told.
The Old Dark House Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault. James Whale’s wry send-up of the popular horror plays of the time...
The Old Dark House review: James Whale’s 1932 comedy-horror classic is wonderfully subversive. Combines some genuinely grisly elements with scenes that could have slipped out of a PG Wodehouse...
- Geoffrey Macnab
Five motorists are trapped in the wilds of Wales during a horrific storm and are forced to seek shelter at, of course, an old dark house... but their unwilling hosts are a neurotic Ernest Thesiger, his religious fanatic sister Eva Moore, and their hulking, deformed, and mute butler Boris Karloff.
The Old Dark House is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy horror film directed by James Whale. Based on the 1927 novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Raymond Massey and Eva Moore.
The Old Dark House: Directed by James Whale. With Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond. Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
