Although "Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors" is cheesy, and certainly no masterpiece, this is highly recommended to all the fans of traditional and British Horror out there! Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. He tells each man's future w/ a deck of tarot cards. Biff Bailey (Roy Castle) is a jazz musician who accepts a gig in the West Indies, and foolishly steals a tune from a local voodoo ceremony. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarizes music from a voodoo ceremony; a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand. Story #2 is about a jazz musician who pisses off a voodoo god, inciting its wrath. Five men on a train encounter the mysterious Dr. Shrek (Peter Cushing) of the title. He proceeds to tell them their fortunes. An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K. An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show. This story is probably[weasel words] based on the short story "Papa Benjamin" by Cornell Woolrich, which was also adapted by the television series Thriller and the radio series Suspense. View production, box office, & company info. No Problem. The way it moves is genuinely unsettling. In "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors", enigmatic Dr. Sandor Schreck (Peter Cushing) is in a train with five other men. Soon there is evidence that a vampire is on the loose, and Carroll seeks the aid of his colleague, Dr Blake (Max Adrian). 7/10. DR.TERRORS HOUSE OF HORRORS. England, 1795: the young Catherine has just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. When the train stops, the men find out that they are already dead, having perished in a train crash while their fortunes were being told. As well as Peter Cushing, there is Christopher Lee on top form, Roy Castle, a very young looking Donald Sutherland and, amongst others, cameos from jazz musician Kenny Lynch and Bernard ‘M’ Lee. Dr Terror's House of Horrors (194) ... Disembodied Hand and Vampire. Acclaimed as "THE FEAR OF THE YEAR". During the journey, the doctor opens his pack of Tarot cards (which he calls his "House of Horrors") and proceeds to reveal the destinies of each of the travellers. 13 of 15 people found this review helpful. Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die. Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough. DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS is a 5-segment anthology film by Amicus studios. The third tale is best described … [6], In a contemporary review, Variety noted "a usefully chilly package deal which will offer audiences several mild shudders and quite a lot of amusement. Five men on a train encounter the mysterious Dr. Shrek (Peter Cushing) of the title. Qualifizierte Bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Painter Eric Landor (Michael Gough) bears the brunt of one of Marsh's tirades, but gets even by humiliating the critic publicly. Written by Peter Cushing is excellent and eerie as usual as Dr. Schreck, and fellow horror icon Christopher Lee is equally great as one of the passengers in the train, an arrogant art-critic. Here are some well-known faces from Sundance over the years, as they brought their early movies to the festival. He tells each man's future w/ a deck of tarot cards. Details. It was released on 5 February 1965. 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