The Horror of It All | |
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Directed by | Terence Fisher |
Written by | Ray Russell |
Produced by | executive Robert L. Lippert associate Margia Dean |
Starring | Pat Boone Erica Rogers Dennis Price |
Cinematography | Arthur Lavis |
Edited by | Robert Winter |
Music by | Douglas Gamley |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 75 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Horror of It All is a 1963 horror comedy film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Pat Boone and Erica Rogers.[1]
American encyclopedia salesman Jack Robinson arrives at a dilpidated mansion in the English countryside belonging to the Marley family. Robinson has fallen in love with Cynthia and wants to ask permission to marry her.
Cynthia's family include: her uncle Percival, an inventor; her cousin Natalia, a macabre, vampire-like creature; Cornwallis, a hammy ex-actor; her uncle Reginald; Grandfather, who lies bedridden upstairs; and cousin Muldoon, who is kept locked up in the fear that he will harm someone.
A cousin of Cynthia has just died and Conrwallis dies after drinking a toast. Jack wants to get the police but they are 20 miles away and the family have no car (Jack's has broken down).
Several attempts are made on Jack's life. He learns that the family fortune consists of one million dollars and one of the Marleys intends to end up with all of it.
The Los Angeles Times thought Terence Fisher "had the right idea playing the silly plot for laughs but his snail's pace spoils the show. He kills much of the humour by holding a scene after he's made his point."[2]