The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

1932 · 72 min · EN · 6.8 (221 votes)
Dir. James Whale · Starring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore · Music David Broekman

Five persons in the house… Strangers cut off from the world by thunderstorms and landslide... Terror of the unknown draws them together.

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Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister Rebecca are the group's peculiar hosts. The house also holds surprises - and a brutish mute manservant named Morgan.

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A storm-lashed night at a remote Welsh manor reveals a family steeped in secrets and unsettling eccentricities. Expect gothic atmosphere, dark humor, and a creeping sense of dread as strange inhabitants and a hulking servant guard their domain.

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