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The Old Dark House(Movie, 1932)

1h 12min | Genres: Comedy, Horror
The Old Dark HouseRating: 3.4/5 (with 102102 votes)
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. Set in interwar Wales, the film follows five travellers who seek shelter from a violent storm in the decaying country house home of the eccentric Femm family. The adaptation rights to Priestley's novel, a social commentary on contemporary British... ()
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About The Old Dark House

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Wales
Based on: "Benighted" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/19/1932
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Old Dark House - Das Haus des Grauens"
"La Maison de la mort"
"Une soirée étrange"

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