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The Legend of Hell House

1973, Horror, 1h 34m

22 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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The Legend of Hell House makes up for its disappointing lack of outright scares with a top notch cast and a suitably macabre atmosphere. Read critic reviews

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Scientist Lionel Barrett (Clive Revill) and his wife, Ann (Gayle Hunnicutt), lead a team into the infamous Belasco House, supposedly haunted by the victims of its late owner, a notorious serial killer. Though the rational Barrett does not believe in ghosts, the other members of his group do, include devout spiritualist Florence Tanner (Pamela Franklin) and psychic medium Benjamin Fischer (Roddy McDowall), who has been in Belasco House before and seen what horrors can befall those who enter it.

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Pamela Franklin
Pamela Franklin
Florence Tanner
Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
Clive Revill
Clive Revill
Dr. Barrett
Gayle Hunnicutt
Gayle Hunnicutt
Ann Barrett
Roland Culver
Roland Culver
Rudolph Deutsch
Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles
Hanley
Michael Gough
Michael Gough
Emeric Belasco
John Hough
John Hough
Director
Albert Fennell
Albert Fennell
Producer
Norman T. Herman
Norman T. Herman
Producer
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