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Director:
Writers:
Robert Bloch (screenplay)
Robert Bloch (stories)
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Release Date:
November 1967 (UK) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Do You Dare See What Dr. Diabolo Sees?
Plot:
A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to the showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Palance ... Ronald Wyatt
Burgess Meredith ... Dr. Diabolo
Beverly Adams ... Carla Hayes

Peter Cushing ... Lancelot Canning
Michael Bryant ... Colin Williams
John Standing ... Leo
Robert Hutton ... Bruce Benton
John Phillips ... Storm
Michael Ripper ... Gordon Roberts
Bernard Kay ... Dr. Heim
Catherine Finn ... Nurse Parker
Maurice Denham ... Uncle Roger
Ursula Howells ... Miss Chambers
David Bauer ... Charles
Niall MacGinnis ... Doctor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:12 (DVD rating) | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) | Norway:16 (1968) | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When this movie was shown in 1967 one of the promos was a pack of torture garden seeds given to patrons as they entered the theater. The seeds were actually grass seeds. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: (At 09:40) Atropos, Dr. Diabolo's dummy of an ancient goddess, is clearly breathing in one shot. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Blind Terror (1971) more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Pretty Uneven, 17 September 2001
Author: Hitchcoc from United States

A collection of short horror episodes where freak show proprietor Burgess Meredith invites a group of patrons to experience their own futures. The best, in my opinion, is the one with Jack Palance, who is a great admirer of Poe. He visits the private collection of the world's foremost collector of Poe memorabilia, only to find the true source of the collection.

Another character has his comeuppance, tortured by a cat--payment for his greed, irresponsibility, and impatience.

In another, a greedy, ambitious young woman plays her cards too well, but overlooks something which proves here undoing.

In the silliest, a young blonde gets between a man and his love for his "killer" piano. As a matter of fact, as killer piano movies go, it's one of the best.

The stories are uneven in quality, but are well produced and interesting. I would give this a marginal recommendation. It has a very good cast and reasonably good script.

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