The Dunwich Horror

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1970

1h 28m

English

Horror

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The Dunwich Horror

Movie

1970

1h 28m

English

Horror

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Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.

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Cast

Nancy Wagner

Wilbur Whateley

Dr. Henry Armitage

Dr. Cory

Old Whateley

Lavinia Whateley

Elizabeth Hamilton

Nurse Cora

Dr. Raskin

Sheriff Harrison

Mrs. Cole

Mr. Cole

Guard

Librarian

Reeger

Man in Cemetery (uncredited)

Directed By: Daniel Haller

Written By: Curtis Hanson (Screenplay), H.P. Lovecraft (Novel), + 2 more

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TKPNPodcast says...

4 years ago

Not sure why this gets so many rave reviews. I guess I'm not a Lovecraft fan. I found this dull despite a good creepy performance by Dean Stockwell.

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Rakib Hossain Aiman says...

8 months ago

Not even trash. Pure garbage.

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csrz says...

3 years ago

An adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's story about a crazed Satan worshipper's sinister plan to lure a young college co-ed into his family's mysterious house in New England. As an occult film, I thought it's decent enough despite some woody acting and slow pace. Nothing exceptional but it has the charm that keeps leaving you interested throughout. It conveys Lovecraft's atmosphere really well. Given the limits of late 60s special effects, how it uses psychedelic color to create "another dimension" feel is pretty interesting. Very spooky and generally entertaining.

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Whitsbrain says...

2 years ago

I just think "The Dunwich Horror" is an awful telling of the H.P. Lovecraft tale. This is so stuck in its late '60s early '70s period that it really distracts from the story. Given the limits of '60s special effects I suppose I should be less critical with the way that the filmmakers showed the Old Ones, but it was pretty lame. Dean Stockwell, Sandra Dee, and Sam Jaffe were just so off-kilter and odd. I didn't like this.

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Wuchak

one year ago

**_Mysterious sorceries on the New England coast_**

A college lass at a university in Massachusetts (Sandra Dee) falls for the charms of an outcast eccentric (Dean Stockwell), who lives with his grandfather at an eerie rural estate that has some… thing locked up in a secret upstairs room. Is th More

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