{"id":17222,"date":"2011-05-23T13:05:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17222"},"modified":"2021-02-02T17:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T00:15:15","slug":"dr-terrors-house-of-horrors-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17222","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Terror&#8217;s House of Horrors (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There is within each of us a twin destiny: the natural and the supernatural.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr.-Terror-House-of-Horrors-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr.-Terror-House-of-Horrors-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr.-Terror-House-of-Horrors-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr.-Terror-House-of-Horrors-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr.-Terror-House-of-Horrors-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA mysterious man (Peter Cushing) on a train tells the supernatural fortunes of five passengers (Neil McCallum, Alan Freeman, Roy Castle, Christopher Lee, and Donald Sutherland).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Lee Films<\/li>\n<li>Donald Sutherland Films<\/li>\n<li>Episodic Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Killer Plants<\/li>\n<li>Peter Cushing Films<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<li>Voodoo and Black Magic<\/li>\n<li>Werewolves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDespite its intriguingly atmospheric opening set-up &#8212; in which a group of motley train passengers reluctantly allow mysterious Dr. Schreck (a.k.a. &#8220;Dr. Terror&#8221;) to tell their fortunes via tarot cards: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing-1024x445.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing-1024x445.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing-1536x668.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing-604x263.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Cushing.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; this disappointing horror anthology fails to live up to its potential. The first vignette &#8212; starring Neil McCallum as an architect who discovers the tomb of a werewolf in his ancient familial estate &#8212; shows some promise but never really pays off: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb-1536x656.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Tomb.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second &#8212; involving a man (Alan Freeman) whose home is overrun by a killer plant &#8212; is, sadly, laughable rather than terrifying:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant-1536x650.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Killer-Plant.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the third &#8212; following a jazz musician (Roy Castle) who arrogantly steals a sacred song he hears in the West Indies, and is visited by a voodoo curse &#8212; is nearly unwatchable, thanks to Castle&#8217;s utterly insufferable personality. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2-1024x443.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"277\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2-1536x664.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2-604x261.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Voodoo2.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fourth vignette &#8212; starring the inimitable Christopher Lee as an arrogant art critic whose harsh indictment of an artist (Michael Gough) comes back to haunt him, via an increasingly gruesome disembodied hand that refuses to &#8220;die&#8221; &#8212; is the most satisfying by far:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Lee.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while the fifth &#8212; in which Donald Sutherland discovers he&#8217;s married a vampire (Jennifer Jayne) &#8212; at least offers an unexpected plot twist at the very end. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2-1536x650.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Sutherland-Married2.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the film as a whole never really musters any collective tension, and remains of interest primarily for its historical importance as the first horror &#8220;portmanteau&#8221; film produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amicus_Productions\">Amicus Studios<\/a> (a competitor with Hammer Studios). Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2009\/feb\/13\/british-horror-film-studio-amicus\">here<\/a> for an interesting background article on Amicus. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The fourth vignette, in which Lee battles the disembodied hand of Michael Gough<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand-1536x634.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand-604x249.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dr-Terror-Hand.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo &#8212; though it holds some historical value as the first of Amicus&#8217; horror-anthology films, and thus film fanatics may be curious to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059125\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/dr-terrors-house-of-horrors-1965.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=835&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/dr-terrors-house-of-horrors\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There is within each of us a twin destiny: the natural and the supernatural.&#8221; Synopsis: A mysterious man (Peter Cushing) on a train tells the supernatural fortunes of five passengers (Neil McCallum, Alan Freeman, Roy Castle, Christopher Lee, and Donald Sutherland). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Christopher Lee Films Donald Sutherland Films Episodic Films Horror Killer Plants Peter Cushing Films Vampires Voodoo and Black Magic Werewolves Review: Despite its intriguingly atmospheric opening set-up &#8212; in which a group of motley&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17222\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68155,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions\/68155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}