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Bookmark this pageThe House of the Long Shadows (1982)
Director: Pete Walker
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A jumble of dark house clichés (loosely based on that old standby, Seven Keys to Baldpate) which stacks up the zzzzz for a good hour before even admitting it's a spoof. Thereafter, two gags for Price, the unavoidable sad ghoulishness of Carradine's mere presence, and a Christopher Lee so wooden that it's hard to tell if he's in a coffin or not. Only Cushing retains any dignity, even coming up with a fresh characterisation - a lisping, drunken rendition of the Upper Class Twit at 70 - that might turn Michael Palin green. The rest is vacuum: bus-ticket script, the usual faceless juvenile support, and bathchair direction.Author: GD
User reviews of this film
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- Mark said...
- Posted on Sep 23 2010 18:19 I had this film on Video, it was great a bit of everything including the gorgeous blond Julie Peasgood. Trying desperately to get this on DVD
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- Ken said...
- Posted on Oct 31 2007 02:44 A brilliant reuniting of the all-time three greatest horror actors.
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Cast & crew
Director: Pete Walker
Producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Cast: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Desi Arnaz Jr, John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Richard Todd full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 101 mins
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