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Mood:
- SuspensefulScaryMind Bending
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Plot:
- Amateur DetectivePartners Against CrimePrivate DetectiveEgo ClashInvestigationSwitching RolesMurderRiddles and Clues more...
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Genres:
- CrimeHorrorMysteryThriller
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Time/Period:
- 40s
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Place:
- EuropeScotlandEstatePalaces Castles and Temples
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Based on:
- Based on Short Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- B&W
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The House of Fear, 1945
English
USA
Profile of The House of Fear
The House of Fear can be described as mind bending, scary, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around an ego clash, switching roles, and riddles and clues. The main genres are thriller, horror, and crime. In approach, The House of Fear is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, on an estate and in a palace, castle, or temple. It is located in Scotland. Visually, The House of Fear is black and white. It is derived from a short story.
Summary of The House of Fear
Each member of "The Good Comrades"--a club of seven wealthy men living together in a Scottish castle--has a large insurance policy upon himself, made out to the last surviving member of the club. Super sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his assistant Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are called in to the case after two of the members die under mysterious circumstances--each after receiving a letter containing orange seeds. This classic Holmes mystery is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 16 March 1945 |
| Runtime: | 69 min |
Cast and Crew
as Sherlock Holmes
as Doctor John H. Watson
as Bruce Alastair
as Inspector Lestrade
