The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul LeniDirector
- Hugo RiesenfeldOriginal Music Composer
- Walter AnthonyWriter
- Robert F. HillScreenplay
- Alfred A. CohnScreenplay
Cast
- Laura La PlanteAnnabelle West
- Creighton HalePaul Jones
- Forrest StanleyCharles Wilder
- Tully MarshallRoger Crosby
- Gertrude AstorCecily
- Flora FinchSusan
- Arthur Edmund CareweHarry
- Martha MattoxMammy Pleasant
- George SiegmannThe Guard
- Lucien LittlefieldIra Lazar
- Hal CraigPoliceman (uncredited)
- Billy EngleTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
haunted housebased on play or musicallast will and testamentblack and whiteold dark housesilent filmaristocratexpressionism