Two psychologically loaded horror classics return for Halloween. The Femms offer their visitors a grudging welcome, but Margaret gets a fiery sermon when Rebecca leads her to a bedroom to change ...

The Old Dark House was an early role for Boris Karloff, released in 1932. Stranded travelers take refuge in a mysterious, storm-battered mansion owned by the bizarre Femm family. The butler ...

Based (surprisingly closely) on J B Priestley's novel Benighted, The Old Dark House – which leant ... suave playboy says on first encountering Boris Karloff's mute, lurking butler.

It’s no coincidence then that the horror service Shudder is using “Boris Karloff” to kick ... early ’60s and James Whale’s “The Old Dark House,” an underappreciated gem in the ...

Even if it hadn’t been essentially lost, James Whale’s The Old Dark House (1932 ... Inside they meet a mute man-mountain (Boris Karloff), Morgan, who drinks too much and then chases the ...

Five years later, an entry literally titled The Old Dark House starring Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) and Charles Laughton ...

The Femms have a hulking, mute butler called Morgan (Karloff), whose face is horribly ... shown at the Venice Festival last August. The Old Dark House will be re-released in the UK on 27 April.

while Morgan the mad butler (Karloff) is getting fighting-drunk in the kitchen. Full of acid wit and howlingly funny, The Old Dark House’is one of the most giddily glorious films you’re ever likely to ...