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The Dunwich Horror

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5.4/10 • 109

1970-01-141h 28m

Horror

A few years ago in Dunwich a half-witted girl bore illegitimate twins. One of them was almost human!

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.

Directors
Daniel Haller
Editors
Christopher Holmes

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Sandra Dee

    Sandra Dee

    Nancy Wagner

  2. Dean Stockwell

    Dean Stockwell

    Wilbur Whateley

  3. Ed Begley

    Ed Begley

    Dr. Henry Armitage

  4. Lloyd Bochner

    Lloyd Bochner

    Dr. Cory

  5. Sam Jaffe

    Sam Jaffe

    Old Whateley

  6. Joanne Moore Jordan

    Joanne Moore Jordan

    Lavinia Whateley

  7. Donna Baccala

    Donna Baccala

    Elizabeth Hamilton

  8. Talia Shire

    Talia Shire

    Nurse Cora

  9. Michael Fox

    Michael Fox

    Dr. Raskin

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Wuchak

Nov 3, 2022

7/10

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 the man’s interest in her innocent or does he have something more sinister in mind? Based on the H. P. Lovecraft novella from 1929, “The Dunwich Horror” (1970) is an American International flick in the vein of "The City of the Dead" (1960), "Die, Monster, Die" (1965) and "Curse of the Crimson Altar,” aka “The Crimson Cult” (1968). It’s superior to “Die, Monster, Die” and at least on par with the other two. There’s also a bit o’ “The Shuttered Room” (1967). Being shot in the spring of 1969, the flick has that late 60’s vibe in a good way with a memorable score. Stockwell cops an effective laid-back air as the weird guy. Sandra was 27 during shooting and looking way better than her skinny younger self in “Gidget” (1959). Meanwhile Donna Baccala plays her college friend while Talia Shire (Coppola) is on hand as a helpful nurse. Anyone who appreciates spooky flicks from the 60s and early 70s involving actors like Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Oliver Reed will find something to appreciate in “The Dunwich Horror.” Some critics think it falls apart at the end, but I didn’t have a problem. It ties everything up in a colorful, haunting way while not overstaying its welcome, plus throwing in an omen of things to come. The movie runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in in Mendocino County in Northern California, including the town of Little River, which is a 3-hour drive north of San Francisco, while the sequences set at Arkham College were shot in the philosophy department of USC in Los Angeles. GRADE: B

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$446,400.00
Keywords
monster