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House of Horrors (1946)

APPROVED 65 min  -  Horror | Thriller  -   29 March 1946 (USA)
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An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.

Director:

Jean Yarbrough

Writers:

George Bricker (screenplay), Dwight V. Babcock (original story)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rondo Hatton Rondo Hatton ...
The Creeper
Robert Lowery Robert Lowery ...
Steven Morrow
Virginia Grey Virginia Grey ...
Joan Medford
Bill Goodwin Bill Goodwin ...
Police Lt. Larry Brooks
Martin Kosleck ...
Marcel De Lange
Alan Napier Alan Napier ...
F. Holmes Harmon
Howard Freeman Howard Freeman ...
Hal Ormiston
Virginia Christine Virginia Christine ...
Lady of the Streets
Joan Shawlee Joan Shawlee ...
Stella McNally (as Joan Fulton)
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Storyline

Marcel De Lange is a struggling sculptor whose work and sanity are derided by the New York art critics. After waspishly officious critic F. Holmes Harmon ruins a sale for De Lange by dismissing his expressionistic cubist work as "tripe" and later gloating about it in his column, the distraught artist goes to the river to drown himself. There he discovers the half-drowned body of the notorious serial killer, the Creeper, and takes him back to his studio to recover. Feeling empowered by the friendship of the acromegalic sociopath, De Lange tasks him with murdering the critics who have pilloried him in print. When successful commercial artist Steve Morrow is wrongly suspected of the crimes, his art critic girlfriend Joan Medford decides to follow her instinct about a mysterious bust De Lange has covered up and snoops around his studio. Written by duke1029@aol.com  

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Plot Keywords:

Art | Art Critic | Sculptor | Bust | Revenge  | See more »

Taglines:

Meet...The CREEPER!

Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Joan Medford Is Missing See more »

Company Credits

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Second of three CREEPER films for Rondo Hatton, filmed September 1945, but released March 29, 1946, following Hatton's death on February 2. See more »

Quotes

The Creeper: [Looking at the spartan meal given to him by De Lange] No meat?
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Connections

Referenced in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) See more »