The Old Dark House

(1932)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 310 votes

Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Year: 1932

Runtime: 70 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: James Whale

Cast: Борис Карлофф, Мелвин Дуглас, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore, Рэймонд Мэсси, Глория Стюарт, Elspeth Dudgeon, Brember Wills

Plot

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. Trying to make the best of it, the guests must deal with their sepulchral host, Horace Femm and his obsessive, malevolent sister Rebecca. Things get worse as the brutish manservant Morgan gets drunk, runs amuck and releases the long pent-up brother Saul, a psychotic pyromaniac who gleefully tries to destroy the residence by setting it on fire.