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Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers. We review the anthology film Dr Terror's House of Horrors - available on Amazon

Summary: Five passengers are in a cabin of the train to Bradley, when a sixth one asks whether he may join them in their cabin. He introduces himself as the tarot cards reader Dr. Schreck, a.k.a. Dr. Terror, who can tell the future of those who tap his cards deck three times. The first passenger to tap is the architect Jim Dawson, who is traveling to an island to renovate the house that belonged to his family that Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph bought from him. He will learn that there is a werewolf in the house. Bill Rogers, who is traveling on vacation to meet his wife and daughter, taps the deck and learns that an intelligent creeper vine will threat their lives at his summer house. Then the musician Biff Bailey taps the deck and learns that he will bring a voodoo song from his tour in Caribe with creepy consequences. Then the snobbish and arrogant art critic Franklyn Marsh learns that the artist Eric Landor will expose his arrogance and Franklyn will revenge with tragic consequences. Last, Dr. Bob Carroll taps the deck and learns that he will discover a secret about his fiancee Nicolle Carroll, who has just moved to a small town in New England to live with him, and his colleague Dr. Blake. Further, they find their fate and who the mysterious fortune teller Dr. Terror is.

Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes 

Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer 

Lockdown Review S1E54

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Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers. We review the anthology film Dr Terror's House of Horrors - available on Amazon Buy Robin's new book "The Immortal Dracula" (UK) https://amzn.to/2HsWZI5​ (USA) https://amzn.to/2FQvbwE​ Buy Robin's other books (UK) https://amzn.to/2F7Blbf​ (USA) https://amzn.to/3kmGMD3​ Facebook: http://on.fb.me/RvhRdc​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarkCorners3​ @DarkCorners3 Summary: Five passengers are in a cabin of the train to Bradley, when a sixth one asks whether he may join them in their cabin. He introduces himself as the tarot cards reader Dr. Schreck, a.k.a. Dr. Terror, who can tell the future of those who tap his cards deck three times. The first passenger to tap is the architect Jim Dawson, who is traveling to an island to renovate the house that belonged to his family that Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph bought from him. He will learn that there is a werewolf in the house. Bill Rogers, who is traveling on vacation to meet his wife and daughter, taps the deck and learns that an intelligent creeper vine will threat their lives at his summer house. Then the musician Biff Bailey taps the deck and learns that he will bring a voodoo song from his tour in Caribe with creepy consequences. Then the snobbish and arrogant art critic Franklyn Marsh learns that the artist Eric Landor will expose his arrogance and Franklyn will revenge with tragic consequences. Last, Dr. Bob Carroll taps the deck and learns that he will discover a secret about his fiancee Nicolle Carroll, who has just moved to a small town in New England to live with him, and his colleague Dr. Blake. Further, they find their fate and who the mysterious fortune teller Dr. Terror is. A special thanks to our Dark Cultist Patreon supporters. SHADOWS: Gappasaurus, Pvt_Unicorn_Parts, Scott Nesmith, Lisa Kuta, John L., Normand Richardson, Richard Sadler, John Hepp, Thom MacIntyre, Chantelle Corey, Dave Church, Logistical Nightmare, Joe Niedbala, Joseph Hines, Ford, Stephen Crane, Christopher Eckart, Anthony Strocks, John S. Savage, You Don't Get to Know, Hidden Trail Video,Jasmine Shafer, Allan Liska, Goddessoftransitory, Rachemus, Heroes Horrors and Cats, Zachary Nolan, Chris Weakley, Heather and Michael Bailes,Colleen Crouch, Christie Bryden, Dan D Doty, Joseph Dougherty, Chris Hewson, David H. Adler, Thorbjorn Helstrom ACOLYTES: Nancy A. Collins, lee taylor, Gary Mercer, Jraptor, Ann Knight, Janna Nicole, Clarence Pitre, Nils Muninsheim, Fritz Rutz, Joe Porter, Tony Breneman, Thomas Brown, Chris Fischer, D R Wellington, Ken Smiley, Richard D'Ambrosia, Matt P, Andy M, Milton Knight, Michael Schmidt, Alex B, Michael Dean Jackson, Gemma Crowley, Andrew Weber, NuclearSaber, Picatea, Jim Rockford, Mystic Cyclone, C, Prince Charming, Kyle Olson, Ch'aska Huayhuaca, Simon Ash, Johnathan Henning, James Robertson, Western Canadian Guy, David Pellot, Brian Kidd, Albertus Magnus, rachael kafrissen, Janne Wass, Robert Freeborn, David Conner, Peter Grantham, Amber Wesley, Tony Belmonte, Henry Brennan, Dave Smith, Mark Buckley, Uwe Marquardt, Russ Chandler, Melissa Hayes, Lavaughn Towell, Tim Smith, Dark_Roast, Raven House Mystery, INITIATES: Chad, Madame Eve, Daniel Robinson, james Steadman, Andre, Jeffrey Disharoon, G.Kumar Achar, Ashleigh Rose, Claire Chandler, Chris A, Lorna Smart, Seth Coleman, Joshua Allen, Jeff Pleimling, Barry P., Terry LeCroix, VC, Jim Smith, greg Galanos, Clifford Parson, Karl Bunker, Brian Ullmark, Stephen LaPlante, Greg Hartwick, María Gd, Derek Summers, bob de builder, Felix Weißig, Jakub Łabeński, Double – U, Michael Schwern, GadgetBlues, Hank D, Carl Dietz Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer Lockdown Review S1E54 #HorrorMovieReview​ #DarkCornersReview​ #StreamingReview

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Anonymous

For Anthology horror classics, it will be hard to beat the Zulu Doll in Karen Black's Trilogy of Terror ...

Anonymous

No surprise to anyone, but my favorite sequence from this film is the Christopher Lee one. "The Beast with Five Fingers" is a classic, and Lee really sells the shear gut wrenching terror of being stalked by a disembodied hand (closely resembling a giant spider!) that cannot be destroyed. In a very short period he goes from a pompous, self important SOB to a revenge killer to a gibbering wreck. Wonderful stuff!

Anonymous

Full agreement. One of Lee's better roles, stretching his abilities.

Anonymous

Really love this. I like the Roy Castle segment. It does play to his strengths. Although for once he doesn't wear his tap shoes. Lee of course is wonderful. But that sort of goes with out saying. The man could make the dialogue in 'Attack of the Clones' sound good. I really liked 'The Birthday Party' segment from the 'XX' anthology. This was directed by Annie Clark aka St Vincent, who doesn't like horror films as they scare her too much. So instead it's a very weird little black comedy. Which is actually why it stands out, the rest are all by the numbers this was actually original. Although I also liked the linking stop motion animation segments in that.

Anonymous

Glad this is finally on Amazon; we've been trying to track it down for a while. As for segments, I always liked the take on Hansel and Gretel in Tales From the Darkside where Debbie Harry plays a witch.

Anonymous

All of the Amicus portmanteau films are worth watching, but this is definitely one of the best. My guilty pleasure is the "Amicus in all but name" film The Monster Club. It has a great soundtrack and the Humgoo story gives me the creeps to this day.