House of Horrors

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House of Horrors

Poster for the film
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Produced by Ben Pivar
Written by Dwight V. Babcock, George Bricker
Starring Rondo Hatton
Robert Lowery
Music by William Lava, Paul Sawtell, Frank Skinner, Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography Maury Gertsman
Editing by Philip Cahn
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) North America March 29, 1946
Europe February 7, 1947
North America 1952 (rerelease)
Running time 65 min
Language English
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

House of Horrors (1946) was a low-budget horror film released by Universal Pictures, starring Rondo Hatton as a madman, named "The Creeper." It was also known as Murder Mansion and in the United Kingdom as Joan Medford is Missing.

[edit] Plot

Unsuccessful sculptor, Marcel DeLange (Martin Kosleck) saves a madman, named "The Creeper" Rondo Hatton from drowning. Shortly afterward, he tricks the mentally unhinged man to kill his critics.

[edit] In popular culture

The The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards represent Hatton in both name as well as his likeness. The physical award is a representation of character actor Rondo Hatton, and is based on the bust of The Creeper, portrayed by Hatton in the House of Horrors.

[edit] External links

House of Horrors at the Internet Movie Database

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Universal Horror film series
Dracula
Frankenstein's Monster
The Wolf Man
alone and with other monsters
London werewolves
Mummies
The Invisible Man
The Phantom of the Opera
Edgar Allan Poe
Inner Sanctum Mysteries
Calling Dr. Death (1943) · Weird Woman (1944) · Dead Man's Eyes (1944) · Strange Confession (1945) · The Frozen Ghost (1945) · Pillow of Death (1945)
The Ape Woman
Captive Wild Woman (1943) · Jungle Woman (1944) · The Jungle Captive (1945)
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Others
The Hunchback of Notre Dame § (1923) · The Cat and the Canary § (1927) · The Man Who Laughs § (1928) · The Last Warning § (1929) · The Last Performance § (1929) · The Cat Creeps (1930) · La Voluntad del muerto (1930) · The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) · Tower of London (1939) · Man Made Monster (1941) · Night Monster (1942) · The Mad Ghoul (1943) · House of Horrors (1946) · The Strange Door (1951) · The Black Castle (1952) · Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953) · Cult of the Cobra (1955) · Tarantula (1955) · The Mole People (1956) · The Deadly Mantis (1957) · The Monolith Monsters (1957) · Monster on the Campus (1958)
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