The House in Nightmare Park | |
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Directed by | Peter Sykes |
Screenplay by | Clive Exton Terry Nation |
Produced by | Clive Exton Terry Nation executive Beryl Vertue |
Starring | Frankie Howerd Ray Milland Hugh Burden Kenneth Griffith |
Cinematography | Ian Wilson |
Edited by | Bill Blunden |
Music by | Harry Robinson |
Production companies | Associated London Films Extonation Productions |
Distributed by | Anglo-EMI |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The House in Nightmare Park (U.S. titles: Crazy House and The House of the Laughing Dead) is a 1973 British comedy horror film directed by Peter Sykes and starring Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland and Hugh Burden.[1] It was one of a number of British comedy films which parodied the successful British horror genre, closely associated with the Hammer Horror films.[2] Its plot follows that of a traditional "Old Dark House" story.
A struggling actor is hired to perform a dramatic reading at a country house. The people who hired him have ulterior motives.