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Director
  
Vernon Sewell

Show
  
Kraft Mystery Theatre

Music director
  
Stanley Black

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Horror

Season number
  
1

Country
  
UK

House of Mystery (1961 film) movie poster

Cast
  
Peter Dyneley
(Mark Lemming),
Jane Hylton
(Stella Lemming),
Nanette Newman
(Joan Trevor),
Maurice Kaufmann
(Henry Trevor)

Release date
  
April 1961 (UK)

Based on
  
play LAngoisse by Celia de Vilyars and Pierre Mills

Writer
  
Pierre Mills (play), Vernon Sewell, C. Vylars (play)

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House of Mystery is a 1961 British supernatural mystery film. It was based on a play director Vernon Sewell had filmed three times before. It was known in Germany as Das Landhaus des Dr. Lemming ("The Country House of Dr. Lemming"), and because of its compact running time, aired in the U.S. as an episode of the TV series "Kraft Mystery Theatre".

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Plot

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A pair of newlyweds visit an old cottage for sale in the country, and hear the housekeeper’s account of its macabre history. The previous owners had been disturbed by paranormal activity, and on calling in a medium, the ghost was identified as an eccentric and vengeful scientist, once resident in the cottage. The scientist was obsessed with electricity, and when his unfaithful wife and her lover attempted to murder him, he responded by electrifying the living room floor and fixtures, and challenging the couple to escape.

Cast

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  • Stella Lemming - Jane Hylton
  • Mark Lemming - Peter Dyneley
  • Joan Trevor - Nanette Newman
  • Henry Trevor - Maurice Kaufmann
  • Burdon - Colin Gordon
  • Clive - John Merivale
  • Young Husband - Ronald Hines
  • His Wife - Colette Wilde
  • Mrs Bucknall - Molly Urquhart
  • Constable - George Selway
  • Milkman - John Abineri

    • Critical reception

  • The Radio Times gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "this is a neat little spine-tingler from writer/director Vernon Sewell, who was something of a dab hand at summoning up demons from beyond, whether benign as in The Ghosts of Berkeley Square or downright menacing as in The Blood Beast Terror. Some aficionados would insist that if it ain't Hammer it ain't horror, but there are plenty of uneasy moments in this haunting story, in which a couple of newlyweds learn the grim secret of their dream house."
  • The Bloody Pit of Horror wrote, "though modest, ultimately predictable and nothing spectacular, it's well-acted and at least manages to maintain interest."
  • Britmovie called the film an "effectively macabre little b-movie narrated in several multi-layered flashbacks."

    • References

    House of Mystery (1961 film) Wikipedia
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