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Feb 2018
40m 34s

The Old Dark House

Jim Adams
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Jim examines what was once a lost classic from Director James Whale, 1932's "The Old Dark House," starring Boris Karloff, Raymond Massey, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, Ernest Theisiger and Lillian Bond. The influence this film had on many horror films to come is seen right out of the blocks with a young couple and their friend stranded at the mansion of a very dysfunctional family. Find out what transpires on this episode of "Monster Attack."

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