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The Haunted House of Horror (1969)

The Haunted House of Horror poster
Directed by
Michael Armstrong
Genre
horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
18
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young adults decide to spend the night in an old mansion in the English countryside. They are looking for a thrill but find something sinister waiting inside.

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What happens

The Haunted House of Horror (also known as Horror House and The Dark) is a 1969 British horror film directed by Michael Armstrong and starring Frankie Avalon and Jill Haworth. it was written by Armstrong and Gerry Levy (as Peter Marcus). Young adults look for a thrill by spending the night in an old mansion in the English countryside. The film's tagline was "Behind its forbidden doors an evil secret hides!" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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