Torture Garden (1967)

Directed by

Freddie Francis

Genre

fantasy film, horror film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 86 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four people visit a carnival curiosity tent where a demonic fortune teller reveals their futures. Each story shows a person meeting a strange and usually deadly fate involving a supernatural object or obsession.

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What happens

Torture Garden is a 1967 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance, Michael Ripper, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Maurice Denham, Ursula Howells, Michael Bryant and Barbara Ewing. The score was a collaboration between Hammer horror regulars James Bernard and Don Banks. Made by Amicus Productions, it is one of producer Milton Subotsky's trademark "portmanteau" films, an omnibus of short stories (in this case all by Psycho author Robert Bloch, who adapted his own work for the screenplay) linked by a single narrative. Freddie Francis said Martin Scorsese wanted him to make a film about the life of Edgar Allan Poe because he so admired Torture Garden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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