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Overview
Release Date:
28 February 1965 (USA) morePlot:
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards... more | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)User Comments:
Very atmospheric Amicus compendium moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christopher Lee | ... | Franklyn Marsh | |
| Max Adrian | ... | Dr. Blake | |
| Ann Bell | ... | Ann Rogers | |
| Michael Gough | ... | Eric Landor | |
| Jennifer Jayne | ... | Nicolle | |
| Neil McCallum | ... | Jim Dawson | |
| Bernard Lee | ... | Hopkins | |
| Roy Castle | ... | Biff Bailey | |
| Peter Cushing | ... | Dr. Sandor Schreck | |
| Alan Freeman | ... | Bill Rogers | |
| Peter Madden | ... | Caleb | |
| Kenny Lynch | ... | Sammy Coin | |
| Jeremy Kemp | ... | Drake | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Bob Carroll | |
| Harold Lang | ... | Shine |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
98 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Certification:
Norway:16 (1965) | Finland:(Banned) (1966) | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (2004) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Unrated | Australia:PGFilming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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Acker Bilk was hired to play Biff Bailey but had a heart attack and was replaced by Roy Castle. moreQuotes:
Hopkins: There's one thing that every intelligent thing is afraid of - fire! If a species ever develops that isn't, it could be the end of the world. moreFAQ
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This was the first Amicus film and it's anthological style was to become their trademark.
It's a wonderfully atmospheric film, with the linking story and the subsequent tales mostly taking place in the dark.
Peter Cushing is brilliant; his portrayal of Dr. Shreck is perfectly judged in that he gives his character a mysterious aura without going "over-the-top".
The 1st story involving a werewolf is efficiently eerie. However, story 2 (killer vine) and story 3 (voodoo) are disappointingly silly, whilst story 5 about a vampire (with a baby-faced Donald Sutherland)is good and has a nice twist at the end.
The best story of the lot (by far) is Story 4 with Christopher Lee as a savage art critic and Michael Gough as a sensitive artist - watch out for the disembodied hand! This story is worth watching the film alone!
Freddie Francis battles against some cheap looking sets to maintain the film's eerieness throughout and essentially, it's a film I would recommend to anybody.
As would happen later, Amicus found it very difficult to put a decent linking story and four or five consistently effective tales together in one film. Never mind....