Torture Garden (film)

Torture Garden
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFreddie Francis
Written byRobert Bloch
Based onshort stories by Bloch: "Enoch", "The Man Who Collected Poe", "Terror Over Hollywood", "Mr Steinway"
Produced byMax Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky
StarringJack Palance
Burgess Meredith
Beverly Adams
Peter Cushing
CinematographyNorman Warwick
Edited byPeter Elliott
Music byDon Banks
James Bernard
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 10 November 1967 (1967-11-10) (UK)
  • 6 September 1968 (1968-09-06) (US)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]

Torture Garden is a 1967 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance, Michael Ripper, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Maurice Denham, Ursula Howells, Michael Bryant and Barbara Ewing.[2] The score was a collaboration between Hammer horror regulars James Bernard and Don Banks.

Made by Amicus Productions, it is one of producer Milton Subotsky's trademark "portmanteau" films, an omnibus of short stories (in this case all by Psycho author Robert Bloch, who adapted his own work for the screenplay) linked by a single narrative. Freddie Francis said Martin Scorsese wanted him to make a film about the life of Edgar Allan Poe because he so admired Torture Garden.[3]

  1. ^ 'The Rabbi Rises: More About Movie Matters' By A. H. Weiler. New York Times 29 Jan 1967: 91.
  2. ^ "Torture Garden". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Interview with Freddie Francis". British Entertainment History Project. 1993–1994.