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Writers:
Clive Exton (writer)
Terry Nation (writer)
Release Date:
September 1977 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Ladies and Gentlemen - For You Horrification - Don't See It Alone - Bring The Children
Plot:
In 1907, an actor is invited to perform in an isolated country house, and becomes involved in mysterious and dangerous events. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Frankie Howerd ... Foster Twelvetrees

Ray Milland ... Stewart Henderson
Hugh Burden ... Reggie Henderson
Kenneth Griffith ... Ernest Henderson
John Bennett ... Patel
Rosalie Crutchley ... Jessica Henderson
Ruth Dunning ... Agnes Henderson
Elizabeth MacLennan ... Verity Henderson
Aimée Delamain ... Mother
Peter Munt ... Cabbie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Crazy House
Night of the Laughing Dead
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Runtime:
100 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The part of Reggie Henderson was first intended for Hugh Griffith. more
Quotes:
Foster Twelvetrees: Do I play the piano? Does Paganini play the trumpet?
Verity Henderson: Do you play by ear?
Foster Twelvetrees: No, I'm going to use my fingers.
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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
May I Stroke Them?, 21 February 2000
7/10

Frankie Howard got few chances on film to showcase his comedic talents. Nightmare Park(AKA House of the Laughing Dead) is probably his best effort to do so on film. Like Benny Hill, only not quite as blatant, Howard is walking innuendo. We see through his eyes and speech an almost endless stream of one-liners, albeit rather tame by today's comparisons. Howard is funny in the main role of a third-rate entertainer who loves himself that has been invited to a mysterious mansion in the English countryside. The rest of the cast is comprised of the inhabitants of the house, a strange lot indeed with Ray Milland as the head of the family. The story is whimsical, and utterly absurd, but through the efforts of Howard, Milland, et all, and the fairly atmospheric direction of Peter Sykes, the film comes off quite well as a somewhat gothic comedy.

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