Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Directed byFreddie Francis
Written byMilton Subotsky
Produced byMax Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky
StarringPeter Cushing
Christopher Lee
Max Adrian
Ann Bell
Peter Madden
Donald Sutherland
Roy Castle
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byThelma Connell
Music byElisabeth Lutyens
Production
company
Distributed byRegal Films International (UK)
Paramount Pictures (USA)
Release dates
  • 23 February 1965 (1965-02-23) (UK)
  • 28 February 1965 (1965-02-28) (USA)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£105,209[1][2]

Dr Terror's House of Horrors is a 1965 British anthology horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror director Freddie Francis, written by Milton Subotsky, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.[3][4]

It was the first in a series of anthology films from Amicus and was followed by Torture Garden (1967), The House That Dripped Blood (1970), Tales from the Crypt (1972), Asylum (1972), The Vault of Horror (1973) and From Beyond the Grave (1974).[5][6] It is also the first horror film from Amicus.

  1. ^ Chapman, James (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
  2. ^ Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 17-23
  3. ^ "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) - Freddie Francis - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (13 February 2009). "Blood and gutsiness: the extraordinary story of Amicus studios maker of cheap horror films". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Amicus Productions". Archived from the original on 27 June 2018.