Top Billed Cast

Burgess Meredith
Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
Jack Palance
Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Beverly Adams
Carla Hayes (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
Peter Cushing
Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Maurice Denham
Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")
Barbara Ewing
Dorothy Endicott (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Michael Bryant
Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")
John Standing
Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Robert Hutton
Bruce Benton (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
John Phillips
Eddie Storm (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
Michael Ripper
Gordon Roberts (Framing Story)
Bernard Kay
Dr. Heim (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
Catherine Finn
Nurse Parker (segment 1 "Enoch")
Ursula Howells
Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
David Bauer
Mike Charles (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
Niall MacGinnis
Dr. Silversmith (segment 1 "Enoch")
Hedger Wallace
Edgar Allan Poe(segment "4 "The Man Who Collected Poe"")
Clytie Jessop
Atropos, Goddess of Destiny

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Jun 06 2023

This time it's Burgess Meredith's turn to compere a compendium of four horror stories set around his fairground attraction. He charges each of four people £5 for entry to a secret part of his exhibit where he promises them something portentous that they will never forget. Behind the curtain lies what appears to be a life-size doll - the Fate Atropos - and each learns of a tale that tears down their façade of respectability that these two men and two women have hitherto presented. The segments themselves are short, sweet and though maybe all just a bit predicable (usually the way when there's so...