Old Dark House, The: Collector's Edition  /  DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 B&W  /  Production Year: 1932  /  Special Edition  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 2 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis Weary travelers find shelter in a mysterious Welsh manor in this definitive "Old Dark House" thriller and cult movie favorite by horror pioneer James Whale. Greeted with an animal-like grunt by the mansion's hideously scarred butler, three disoriented voyagers find themselves in the unwelcoming company of the psychotic Femm family, whose members include a religious fanatic obsessed with mortality and other matter of the sinful flesh, her browbeaten brother, and a scripture-quoting homicidal pyromaniac...all watched over by their androgynous, 102-year-old father. Relieving the story's overwhelming weirdness are Charles Laughton and a young Gloria Stuart as two confused visitors to the strange estate. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Boris Karloff  • Melvyn Douglas  • Gloria Stuart  • Charles Laughton Writers:  • Benn W. Levy Producers:  • Carl Laemmle, Jr. Directors:  • James Whale Product Information Features: Audio Commentary Interview Gallery of Production and Publicity Stills from THE OLD HOUSE Digital Transfer from the finest source elements available Video: Standard 1.33:1 B&W Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono Studio: Image Ent. Production Year: 1932 Release Date: 6/22/1999 Length: 72 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 22 Includes: Audio Commentary Packaging: Snap Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: K113DVD UPC Code: 738329011321 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Classics, Gay / Lesbian Interest, Ghosts, Horror Studios: Image Ent. Customers who bought this Title also bought Bride Of Frankenstein  DVD-Video Frankenstein  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - 4.5 out of 5  (9/30/1999) Let's present this movie as a test for the 1999 movie buff. If he can stand THE OLD DARK HOUSE until its end without ejecting the DVD, he can undoubtedly consider himself as a real movie lover. Why - Because it takes a lot of self-control not to laugh at the conventional plot involving a mad butler, a chorus girl, a depressed Lord (hilarious Charles Laughton !) and finally a schizophrenic * guess who he is - * trapped in a labyrinthic house during a stormy night. Once you've accepted the situati   more >> Customer Review A Whale of a good time (sorry, couldn't resist)... - 4.5 out of 5  (7/25/1999) James Whale is perhaps best known for two things: being the subject of the recent and acclaimed film Gods and Monsters, and a trio of beloved and well made classics of early horror, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Old Dark House. The first two films have become such staples of our culture, that it's easy to overlook this third movie, though fans of Whale never forget to mention it. It's a film with both scares and laughs, as a creepy situation becomes littered with some proper Br   more >>