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4.2/10   229 votes
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Director:
James Kelley
Writer:
James Kelley (original screenplay)
Release Date:
August 1970 (UK) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
A chill-filled festival of horror!
Plot:
Two spinsters have kept their mad brother locked up in their cellar for 30 years. Then he escapes ... | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Not terrible but still lacking.... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Beryl Reid ... Ellie Ballantyne
Flora Robson ... Joyce Ballantyne
John Hamill ... Cpl. Alan Marlow
Tessa Wyatt ... Joanna Sutherland

T.P. McKenna ... Supt. Paddick
John Kelland ... Sergeant Young
David Dodimead ... Dr. Spencer

Vernon Dobtcheff ... Sir Bernard Newsmith
Dafydd Havard ... Stephen Ballantyne
Gail Lidstone ... Young Ellie
Elizabeth Choice ... Young Joyce
Merlyn Ward ... Young Stephen
Anthony Heaton ... Anderson
Chris Chittell ... Baker (as Christopher Chittell)
Peter Craze ... Roy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Are You Dying, Young Man?
Young Man, I Think You're Dying
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Runtime:
101 min | USA:88 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Leander Films more

Fun Stuff

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Anachronisms: In the flashback of the family going to the railway station in a pony and trap to meet their father coming home from the First World War, as they get to the station the white lines can be clearly seen in what must be the present day car park. more
Soundtrack:
She Works in a Woman's Way more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Not terrible but still lacking...., 16 October 2005
4/10
Author: crazymikejj from United States

I remember viewing this movie when I was a kid. I recall it terrified me immensely and it stayed with me all these years. I spent a couple of years trying to find it online...didn't remember the title, only the storyline. After searching and searching, I came across a VHS that was being sold on E-Bay. I was excited and when it finally arrived, I jammed it into the VCR and couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic. Needless to say, I was slightly disappointed. This wasn't the movie I remember watching as a kid. It was boring at times and I found Beryl Reid's incessant whinning extremely annoying. Both performances by Reid and Flora Robson were good overall but the movie wasn't scary. I think any movie is worth viewing to form you're own opinion but sometimes, well......

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