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| John Hudson | ... | Eric Whitlock | |
| Peggy Webber | ... | Jenni Whitlock | |
| Russ Conway | ... | Rev. Edward Snow | |
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Tony Johnson | ... | Mrs. Snow |
| Alex Nicol | ... | Mickey | |
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Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange things including a mysterious skull, which may or may not be a product of her imagination. Suspicion falls on Mickey, the estate's mentally challenged gardener, who was seemingly was very attached to his former mistress. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
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Music by Hector Berlioz
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The cast members were paid a thousand dollars each plus a share of the profits to be paid out later. But American International never paid out any of these shares. See more »Goofs
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Symphonie Fantastique - Dream of a Witches' Sabbath(uncredited)
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My sister & I had searched for this movie to see it again after we had nightmares for weeks after seeing this movie some 35+ years ago. I finally founding looking in a database in a video store computer and ordered it. You have to lighten up your screen some, to see all that goes on, and parts of it are too funny now---but it's not a bad premise for a scary story, and images like the skull in the bridal gown I will never forget. I now have to find the 1973 version of this film. I'm curious also to see the double feature---the DVD has a schlocky 70's vampire movie as the 2nd feature. So seeing it this summer after waiting over 30 years for it? It wasn't that bad.