The Old Dark House

This is a gothic horror film made in 1932, directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart and Melvyn Douglas. It's based on the novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley. 

A vicious storm creates floods and landslides, forcing a group of friends to seek shelter in a lonely manor house. But inside there, they meet a strange family and an even sinister looking butler who frightens women. They're given nice food to eat and then later the electricity fails in the thunderstorm, so they have to rely on candles. While this is going on, something else is lurking in a room upstairs.

A remake with the same title as the original film was made in 1963. This caused issues with copyright and so the 1932 film wasn't ever shown on TV until 1991. So the 1932 film was shelved for decades and forgotten about, then rediscovered. The house looks spooky with creepy faces on the chairs adding to the film weirdness. Notice the shiny earrings worn by character Margaret that keeps disappearing. Perhaps an invisible ghost liked them! And the same ghost might've been responsible for other things.

I rate this a wet night of 6/10.

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