La maison de l'épouvante

Original title: The Haunted House of Horror

1969
PG
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

4.7/10

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A group of sixties teenagers bored with the party they're at drive out to a deserted old mansion, but their laughter turns to fear when one of them is killed in a frenzied knife attack. Another of them persuades the rest that they should solve the murder themselves rather than go to the police, not surprisingly opening the way to further carnage.

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Teenagers gathered in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who among them is the killer before he finishes off everybody.Teenagers gathered in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who among them is the killer before he finishes off everybody.Teenagers gathered in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who among them is the killer before he finishes off everybody.

Directors
- Michael Armstrong
- Gerry Levy
Writers
- Michael Armstrong
- Gerry Levy
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.7/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Michael Armstrong
- Gerry Levy
Writers
- Michael Armstrong
- Gerry Levy
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The film was drastically re-written, re-shot and re-cut by Gerry Levy (under the name Peter Marcus) at the insistence of one of the US producers. Original writer/director Michael Armstrong's commentary on at least one version of the DVD goes into this in detail: "Relatively little of the material outside the house was originally in the film and much of what remains was used differently. None of the material featuring George Sewell was shot by Armstrong and only one scene with Dennis Price [in the nightclub] was his. The motivation of the killer was changed and the relationships between the young people were considerably softened."

Goofs
Richard stabs his mate with a huge knife, which emerges covered in blood almost to the hilt. 30 seconds later Richard is holding the knife with no blood on it then 1 minute after that, the knife has just a little blood on it.

Quotes
Gary Scott: What do you fancy, an orgy or a séance?

Connections
Featured in Chiller Theatre: Horror House (1975)

Soundtracks
Responsibility
Words and Music by Gerry Levy (as Peter Marcus)
Performed by Mark Wynter (uncredited), Robin Stewart (uncredited), and Nicholas Young (uncredited)
[The boys sing the song at the pub accompanied by a pianist]

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Featured review

4/10

Ever wondered what Scooby Doo would be like if it was set in England and diidn't feature a dog?

England's Tigon films the people behind Witchfinder General produced this boring 1969 effort, an early slasher movie, and Michael Armstrong who directed the entertaining Witchfinder rip off Mark Of The Devil directed. In swinging London, a group of friends are attending Frankie Avalon's dull house party and decide to go to a haunted mansion to hold a seance instead. When one of their group is brutally murdered the others abandon his body and flee the scene knowing that one of them is the killer. Boris Karloff was originally supposed to play the detective investigating the goings but was too ill to appear, so Dennis Price took the role instead. Armstrong wanted Ian Ogilvy to play the lead role, but American backers AIP insisted that the part go to Frankie Avalon (who was nearly 30 at the time and under contract to them). There are a few decent shock sequences and a liberal flow of blood, but this supposedly haunted house is more likely to induce sleep than give you nightmares.