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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   2,117 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Marasco (novel)
William F. Nolan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 October 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Up the ancient stairs, behind the locked door, something lives, something evil, from which no one has ever returned. [UK] more
Plot:
Haunted house chiller from Dan Curtis has Oliver Reed and Karen Black as summer caretakers moving into gothic house with their young son... more | add synopsis
Awards:
6 wins more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Boondocks, Babysitters and Broncos
 (From IFC. 26 October 2009, 6:26 AM, PDT)

You've Scared Me Away From Movies
 (From Huffington Post. 21 October 2009, 3:21 PM, PDT)

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One of the scariest movies that I have ever seen. more (101 total)

Cast

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Karen Black ... Marian Rolf

Oliver Reed ... Ben Rolf
Burgess Meredith ... Arnold Allardyce

Eileen Heckart ... Roz Allardyce
Lee Montgomery ... David 'Davey' Rolf (as Lee H. Montgomery)
Dub Taylor ... Walker

Bette Davis ... Aunt Elizabeth
Joseph Riley ... Ben's Father
Todd Turquand ... Young Ben
Orin Cannon ... Minister
Jim Myers ... Dr. Ross
Anthony James ... The Chauffeur
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Also Known As:
Ballata macabra (Italy)
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Runtime:
116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Director Dan Curtiss cameos as one of the pictures seen sitting among Mrs. Allardyce's photograph collection. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Car trouble: when Ben (Oliver Reed) and his son try to flee from the evil house in the family station wagon, we see how Ben forcefully bashes the car into a large fallen tree numerous times. Yet just a few scenes later, the car shows not a nick or dent anywhere on the body. It's obvious that in their isolated location, no body or repair work could have been performed on the car to put it back into such pristine condition. more
Quotes:
Roz Allardyce: The house takes care of itself. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Rose Red" (2002) more

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17 out of 24 people found the following review useful.
One of the scariest movies that I have ever seen., 1 June 2002
Author: mk_china from somewhere, USA

Without a doubt, one of the scariest movies that I have ever seen. The scene with the undertaker and coffin coming up the stairs still gives me nightmares. The final scene in the attic throws you out of your seat; a scene that I have never forgotten.

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