PickFlick
The House of Fear

The House of Fear

HORROR stalking its halls!

Part of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

1945•1h 9m•6.9/10
MysteryCrimeHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.9/10(110)

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Dr. John Watson

Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather

Alastair

Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh

Simon Merrivale

Dennis Hoey

Dennis Hoey

Inspector Lestrade

Harry Cording

Harry Cording

John Simpson

Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

Alan Cosgrave

Sally Shepherd

Sally Shepherd

Mrs. Monteith

Gavin Muir

Gavin Muir

Chalmers

Florette Hillier

Florette Hillier

Alison MacGregor

David Clyde

David Clyde

Alex MacGregor

Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Bessie

Cyril Delevanti

Cyril Delevanti

Stanley Raeburn (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Alec Craig

Angus (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Ralph King (uncredited)

Bobby Hale

Pub Patron (uncredited)

Recommended

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

6.7
1986
Movie

Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. Meanwhile, their four female guests, Louise (Remy's wife of 15 years), Dominique (a spinster), Diane (a divorcée) and Danielle (Pierre's girlfriend) are spending the time at a downtown health gym. They also discuss sex, the female body and, naturally, men. Later in the evening, they finally meet at the country house and have dinner. A ninth guest, named Mario, who used to know Diane, drops in on the group for some talk and has a surprise of his own.

The Decline of the American Empire

1986
6.7
The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

6.5
1945
Movie

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

The Woman in Green

1945
6.5
On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous Ground

6.6
1951
Movie

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.

On Dangerous Ground

1951
6.6
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

7.1
1939
Movie

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939
7.1
Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers

6.9
1945
Movie

After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.

Pursuit to Algiers

1945
6.9
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

7.0
1945
Movie

A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife.

Blithe Spirit

1945
7.0
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

8.0
2023
Movie

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Oppenheimer

2023
8.0
Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle

6.6
2023
Movie

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.

Blue Beetle

2023
6.6
Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two

8.1
2024
Movie

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Dune: Part Two

2024
8.1
PK

PK

7.7
2014
Movie

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

PK

2014
7.7
Eden Lake

Eden Lake

6.8
2008
Movie

When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.

Eden Lake

2008
6.8
Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

8.2
2022
Movie

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

Top Gun: Maverick

2022
8.2

Similar Movies

The Doll of Satan

The Doll of Satan

4.5
1969
Movie

Following the death of her uncle, Elisabeth returns to her family's castle for the reading of his will. She is informed of legends about the castle's ghost and experiences erotically charged nightmares, before being kidnapped by a hooded figure and tortured in the dungeon. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Jack suspects a plot to gain Elisabeth's inheritance and begins his own investigation...

The Doll of Satan

1969
4.5
Craze

Craze

4.9
1974
Movie

A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers human sacrifice.

Craze

1974
4.9
Dr. Crippen

Dr. Crippen

5.8
1963
Movie

A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.

Dr. Crippen

1963
5.8
Butchers Book Three: Bonesaw

Butchers Book Three: Bonesaw

4.0
2024
Movie

In this third installment of the Butchers series, three women find themselves being hunted by a vicious killer who slaughters people and hacks them up in his abattoir van, while a clever sheriff pieces together the clues he's leaving behind. Limbs will be severed and heads will roll as anyone in his path, innocent or guilty, will find themselves on the jagged edge of his bonesaw.

Butchers Book Three: Bonesaw

2024
4.0
Mamántula

Mamántula

4.1
2023
Movie

Mamántula is the boy everyone wants, but also a giant spider transvesting as a human, fruit of a brief encounter in the Berlin Tiergarten, in an alternate past of brutalist saunas, endless subway corridors and detectives with raincoats and hats. Each of Mamántula's lovers are a new victim of his insatiable appetite for revenge and sperm; and each victim, one more thread of the web with which he intends to apprehend the entire planet. Will Golden Dick be able to stop him? Will a couple of lovebirds with police badges get him? Or will the gay community have to step in and take the law into their own hands?

Mamántula

2023
4.1
The Night Has Eyes

The Night Has Eyes

6.4
1942
Movie

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.

The Night Has Eyes

1942
6.4
Twilight

Twilight

7.1
1990
Movie

In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession enshrouded by irresolution and despair, even long after he has been taken off the case. What emerges is not a crime story, but a harrowing venture through the darkness of the human soul.

Twilight

1990
7.1
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

6.7
1993
Movie

Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

1993
6.7
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

7.0
2001
Movie

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

2001
7.0
The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor

7.1
1933
Movie

A dark and stormy night. Pluto is spirited away to the spooky lair of an evil genius for a mad transplant scheme to put his head on the body of a chicken. Mickey gives chase, but find himself threatened severely by the doctor's castle and its denizens.

The Mad Doctor

1933
7.1
The Man Behind the Scissors

The Man Behind the Scissors

5.2
2005
Movie

The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and perplexing police thriller centered around two murderers who thrive on slicing up schoolgirls. Calculated serial psycho Yasunaga (Tokokawa) and Chinatsu (Aso), his sweet female sidekick, find themselves being questioned as witnesses to a murder when their next potential victim turns up dead...with their M.O.

The Man Behind the Scissors

2005
5.2
The Vampire and the Ballerina

The Vampire and the Ballerina

5.6
1960
Movie

A troupe of beautiful dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister castle, not knowing it is home to a group of vampires.

The Vampire and the Ballerina

1960
5.6