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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 34 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 160 1960s horror movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 34 points higher than audiences do.
198 audience votes
Key crew
- Freddie FrancisDirector
- Milton SubotskyScreenplay
- Elisabeth LutyensOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter CushingDr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
- Christopher LeeFranklyn Marsh
- Roy CastleBiff Bailey
- Alan FreemanBill Rogers
- Donald SutherlandBob Carroll
- Neil McCallumJim Dawson
- Bernard LeeHopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
- Peter MaddenCaleb (segment 1 "Werewolf")
- Ursula HowellsMrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
- Katy WildValda (segment 1 "Werewolf")
- Edward UnderdownTod (segment 1 "Werewolf")
- Ann BellAnn Rogers (segment "Creeping Vine")
Stills
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Themes
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