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House of Terrors (1965)

House of Terrors poster
Original title
怪談せむし男
Directed by
Hajime Satō
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hunchbacked man menaces a family in a Japanese house. The movie follows their eerie encounters and the supernatural events that unfold.

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What happens

House of Terrors (Japanese: 怪談せむし男, Hepburn: Kaidan semushi otoko; lit. 'Ghost Story of a Hunchbacked Man'), also known as The Ghost of the Hunchback, is a 1965 Japanese horror film directed by Hajime Sato and produced by Toei Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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