The Cat and the Canary (1978)

Directed by

Radley Metzger

Genre

horror film, crime film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of relatives gather at a remote mansion for the reading of a wealthy man's will. They soon realize a deranged killer might be hiding among them.

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What happens

The Cat and the Canary is a 1978 horror film directed by Radley Metzger and starring Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, Wilfred Hyde-White, Beatrix Lehmann, Carol Lynley, Daniel Massey, and Peter McEnery. It follows a group of potential heirs who are summoned to the mansion of a deceased beneficiary to view the filmed reading of his will, only to discover upon arrival that a deranged killer may have infiltrated the event. A co-production between the United States and United Kingdom, the film is the sixth film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 play of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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