First public screening of a gorgeous new archival print courtesy of Sony Repertory!
A spry, spooky tall tale, jazzed up for the swinging sixties, this re-telling of The Old Dark House engineers enough shocks, goofs and gags to make it one the wackiest haunted house movies ever made. An American car salesman visiting London delivers a car to his strange, nocturnal roommate (Dr. Strangelove’s Peter Bull) out at their family’s old countryside mansion. He finds himself unable to leave, not just from the merciless trapdoor at the entrance, but because of the seemingly contagious madness infecting the whole eccentric family. This witty, creepy, sexy picture is a William Castle-directed, Hammer-produced remake of the Universal pre-code horror comedy classic directed by James Whale.
Ariel Schudson discusses The Old Dark House for the New Beverly blog.
