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A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 29%. Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Most of the 348 1970s horror movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 28m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
129 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniel HallerDirector
- Curtis HansonScreenplay
- Henry RosenbaumScreenplay
- Ronald SilkoskyScreenplay
- Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sandra DeeNancy Wagner
- Dean StockwellWilbur Whateley
- Ed BegleyDr. Henry Armitage
- Lloyd BochnerDr. Cory
- Sam JaffeOld Whateley
- Joanne Moore JordanLavinia Whateley
- Donna BaccalaElizabeth Hamilton
- Talia ShireNurse Cora
- Michael FoxDr. Raskin
- Jason WingreenSheriff Harrison
- Barboura MorrisMrs. Cole
- Beach DickersonMr. Cole
