House of the Long Shadows

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House of the Long Shadows

"The screen's masters of terror together for the first time."
Directed by Pete Walker
Produced by Jenny Craven, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
Written by Screenplay by Michael Armstrong
Based on the novel Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
Starring Vincent Price
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
John Carradine
Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Music by Richard Harvey
Cinematography Norman G. Langley
Editing by Robert C. Dearberg
Distributed by Cannon Film Distributors
Release date(s) April 17, 1983 (United Kingdom)
Running time 100 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $7,500,000 (estimated)
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House of the Long Shadows is a 1983 horror-parody film directed by Pete Walker. The screenplay by Michael Armstrong is based on the novel Seven Keys to Baldplate by Earl Derr Biggers. The original music score is composed by Richard Harvey.

Taglines

  • Room for every nightmare... A nightmare in every room.
  • Step into the House of the Long Shadows where the answer awaits you... Or does it?

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Desi Arnaz Jr. plays Kenneth Magee, the young writer who bets $20,000 that he can write a Wuthering Heights-caliber novel in 24 hours. To give him the mood for the undertaking he goes to a remote, deserted Welsh manor. Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor is not as empty as he was told. Still there, are Lord Grisbane and his daughter, who have been maintaining the mansion on their own. As the stormy night progresses, more people come to the mansion who, as it emerges, are all members of the Grisbane family, gathered on this night to release a horrible secret in the attic. Magee soon finds himself entangled in the middle of a genuine mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.

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