The Dunwich Horror( 1970)

TV-MAHorror

54%

User
Score

A few years ago in Dunwich a half-witted girl bore illegitimate twins. One of them was almost human!

Overview

Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.

Top Billed Cast

Sandra Dee
Nancy Wagner
Dean Stockwell
Wilbur Whateley
Ed Begley
Dr. Henry Armitage
Lloyd Bochner
Dr. Cory
Sam Jaffe
Old Whateley
Joanne Moore Jordan
Lavinia Whateley
Donna Baccala
Elizabeth Hamilton
Talia Shire
Nurse Cora
Michael Fox
Dr. Raskin
Jason Wingreen
Sheriff Harrison
Barboura Morris
Mrs. Cole
Beach Dickerson
Mr. Cole
Michael Haynes
Guard
Toby Russ
Librarian
Jack Pierce
Reeger
Robert Nevin
Man in Cemetery (uncredited)

Social

Review 1Discussion

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Thu Nov 03 2022

**_Mysterious sorceries on the New England coast_** A college lass at a university in Massachusetts (Sandra Dee) falls for the charms of an outcast eccentric (Dean Stockwell), who lives with his grandfather at an eerie rural estate that has some… thing locked up in a secret upstairs room. Is the man’s interest in her innocent or does he have something more sinister in mind? Based on the H. P. Lovecraft novella from 1929, “The Dunwich Horror” (1970) is an American International flick in the vein of "The City of the Dead" (1960), "Die, Monster, Die" (1965) and "Curse of the Crimson Altar,” ...