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Torture Garden (1967)
Director: Freddie Francis
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From Time Out Film Guide
The second Amicus horror omnibus and one of the best, with a clever framing device involving Burgess Meredith as a Mephistophelean fairground charlatan who offers clients grisly glimpses of the future, in four Robert Bloch stories which get progressively better until the splendid climax of The Man Who Collected Poe. Terrific performances from Palance as the manic Poe collector who achieves apotheosis by turning himself into a character straight out of one of Poe's more apocalyptic stories, and from Standing as a concert pianist saddled with a murderously possessive grand piano.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Freddie Francis
Producer: Max J Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky
Cast: Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams, Michael Bryant, John Standing, Peter Cushing, Maurice Denham, Robert Hutton full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 93 mins
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