Up the ancient stairs, behind the locked door, something lives, something evil, from which no one has ever returned.
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
- Harm to children
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and intimate.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Karen BlackMarian Rolf
- Oliver ReedBen Rolf
- Burgess MeredithArnold Allardyce
- Bette DavisAunt Elizabeth
- Eileen HeckartRoz Allardyce
- Lee MontgomeryDavid 'Davey' Rolf
- Dub TaylorWalker
- Joseph RileyBen's Father
- Todd TurquandYoung Ben
- Orin CannonMinister
Crew
- Dan CurtisDirector
- William F. NolanScreenplay
- Dan CurtisScreenplay
- Robert MarascoNovel
- Jacques R. MarquetteDirector of Photography
- Bob CobertOriginal Music Composer
- Dennis VirklerEditor
- Dan CurtisProducer
- Alberto GrimaldiProducer
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