Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

For the first time on any screen! Zombies - Vampires - Ghouls - Voodoo rights!

1943•1h 5m•8.0/10

Horror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(2)

A man of mystery known only as Doctor Terror recounts seven stories from his casebook of personal encounters with evil and the supernatural.

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Production

Classic Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Basil Ruysdael

Basil Ruysdael

Narrator

Henriette Gérard

Henriette Gérard

Marguerite Chopin

Ferdinand Hart

Ferdinand Hart

The Stone Giant

Jany Holt

Jany Holt

The Nameless Girl

Maria Alba

Maria Alba

The Transmigration Subject

Murdock MacQuarrie

Murdock MacQuarrie

The High Priest

Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

Chief Lukulla

Paul Wegener

Paul Wegener

The Mad Inventor

Harald Paulsen

Harald Paulsen

Frank the Reporter

Eugen Klöpfer

Eugen Klöpfer

Asylum Chief

Roma Bohn

The Inventor‘s Wife

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