The Legend of Hell House
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| Directed by | John Hough |
| Produced by | Albert Fennell, Norman T. Herman, James H. Nicholson (executive), Susan Hart (executive) |
| Written by | Novel & screenplay: Richard Matheson |
| Starring | Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, Peter Bowles |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1973 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Language | English |
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The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 horror film by Academy Pictures. It was directed by John Hough and stars Roddy McDowall and Gayle Hunnicutt. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson based on his own novel Hell House.
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[edit] Production
Production began on 23 October 1972. The Legend of Hell House is one of only two productions of James H. Nicholson after his departure from American International Pictures — a company he had run, along with Samuel Z. Arkoff, since 1954. Nicholson died of a brain tumour in December, 1972, before the film's release in June, 1973. The external shots of the house were filmed at Wykehurst Park, East Sussex. Nicholson's company, Academy Pictures Corporation, also released "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" through Twentieth Century Fox in 1974.
[edit] Plot synopsis
A team of scientists and psychics are sent to a house, originally owned by the notorious Emeric Belasco, to prove or disprove the existence of an after life. They also bring a machine that will supposedly rid the house of any paranormal presence.
In a previous expedition to the house, everybody except Roddy McDowell's character either died or went mad.
[edit] Trivia
- There are a few obvious mistakes in the film: First, the beginning of the movie establishes that no one except Fischer (Roddy McDowell) survived any of the past expeditions to the house, but as the film progresses other survivors are named by both Fischer and Lionel Barrett. Second, Belasco's prosthetic legs are made of plastic, but plastic hadn't been invented yet when Belasco died in 1927.
- The books that Ann Barrett sees standing the cabinet are titled, from left to right; "Obsessive Acts And Religious Practices" by Sigmund Freud, "The Worship of Priapus" by Richard Payne Knight, "The Psychology (?) of Sex (?)" by H. H. Elliot (?), "Sin And Sex", "Conation Volition", "Sex And Celibacy" by T. Long, "The Anatomy of Abuses" by Philip Stubbs, "Phallic Worship" and "Autoerotic Phenomena In Adolecence" by K. Menzies
- Dialog from the film has been sampled in popular songs by the bands Anaal Nathrakh and Skinny Puppy.
[edit] References
- Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.
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