The Horror of It All
In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand of one of their daughters in marriage. He soon finds himself in the midst of a really odd family. One of them talks like Bela Lugosi, another believes herself to be a vampire, while a third is locked away in a padded cell. Another family member is thrilled when he finally invents a horseless carriage (50 years after Ford), and the family grandfather is found reading Playboy just before he dies. Trouble begins when members of the family begin to be mysteriously murdered. The American suitor must then discover which member of the strange family is in line to inherit the family fortune.
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The Horror of It All is a horror comedy directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Pat Boone, Erica Rogers, and was made at Shepperton Studios in England. The story is essentially a comedic remake of the classic Universal Studios horror film The Old Dark House (1932) which had already been remade as a comedy, The Old Dark House (1963 film), a year earlier. The plot also has elements of the horror-comedy Murder, He Says (1945).
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- Director
- Terence Fisher
- Starring
- Pat Boone, Erica Rogers, Dennis Price, Andrée Melly, Valentine Dyall, Jack Bligh, Archie Duncan, Erik Chitty
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