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House of the Black Death (1965)

House of the Black Death poster
Directed by
Jerry Warren
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family gathers at a crumbling estate where a curse brings terror from the black magic of an evil ancestor. Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine play relatives dealing with a supernatural threat.

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What happens

House of the Black Death (also known as Blood of the Man Devil) is a 1965 American horror film directed by Harold Daniels, Reginald LeBorg and Jerry Warren, and starring Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine – although the two actors shared no scenes in the film. It was written by Richard Mahoney based on the novel The Widderburn Horror by Lora Crozetti. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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