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6.4/10   1,326 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Robert Bloch (stories)
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Release Date:
17 November 1972 (USA) more
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The hot-blooded beauty in the cold freezer. more
Plot:
A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins more
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decent Hammer-wannabe from Amicus Studios more (45 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Cushing ... Smith

Britt Ekland ... Lucy

Herbert Lom ... Byron
Patrick Magee ... Dr. Rutherford
Barry Morse ... Bruno
Barbara Parkins ... Bonnie
Robert Powell ... Dr. Martin

Charlotte Rampling ... Barbara
Sylvia Syms ... Ruth
Richard Todd ... Walter
James Villiers ... George
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Max Reynolds
Ann Firbank ... Anna
Megs Jenkins ... Miss Higgins
John Franklyn-Robbins ... Stebbins
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
House of Crazies
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Runtime:
88 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

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Trivia:
Herbert Lom shot his cameo in half a day, he was booked for a day. more
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Continuity: When the landlord of the tailor holds up his rent book, it alternates hands between shots. more
Quotes:
[Barbara's imaginary friend Lucy has just stabbed Barbara's brother and nurse to death]
Lucy: I say... this is a lark, isn't it? There, Barbara, now you're free. Free of all of them.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Monster Mania (1997) (TV) more
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Pictures at an Exhibition more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
decent Hammer-wannabe from Amicus Studios, 4 August 2006
7/10
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

Not-bad British horror anthology flick can't quite live up to "Tales from the Crypt" (and where is THAT on DVD?) but is still entertaining. A young psychiatrist goes to interview at an asylum and must speak to four patients in a test to gain employment. Of course each patient has a story to tell of how they got there and so we're along for the ride. Probably the best of the four is the one with Peter Cushing, which is about a man who requests a suit to be made by a tailor out of special material. A few familiar faces are in this too, like Charlotte Rampling. Overall a decent flick but nothing to get too excited about. The new Dark Sky DVD is fine and hopefully they'll also get their mitts on the rights to Tales from the Crpyt, it's probably the best of the best from Amicus. 7 out of 10.

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