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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)

The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
Directed by
Douglas Hickox
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a legendary supernatural hound that is terrorizing the Baskerville family on the moors. The detective sends Watson ahead to protect the heir while he works to uncover a rational explanation for the curse.

mysterioussuspensefulgothicatmospherictensedarkdeliberateclassic

What happens

The Hound of the Baskervilles (a.k.a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles) is a 1983 British made-for-television mystery thriller film directed by Douglas Hickox, starring Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes and Donald Churchill as Dr. John H. Watson. It is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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