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21. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:04 PM

Oct 20

It has Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Donald Sutherland in an anthology of horror shorts. The frame story finds five typical 1960s British guys winding up in a train compartment with strange old Dr. Schreck (German for "terror", get it?), who reads their fortunes with tarot cards. Each fortune describes the man's future encounter with the supernatural, including a vampire, a werewolf, a killer vine, a crawling hand, and a voodoo spell. The vibe is very '60s, the music is very atmospheric and the stories are clever.

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Name a scary movie/movies that you actually like. These are movies that you can watch numerous times [View all] debm55 Oct 20 OP

The first two "Alien" movies. Glorfindel Oct 20 #1

Agreed! FalloutShelter Oct 20 #7

Thank you very much, Glorfindel. debm55 Oct 20 #8

21 Days RazorbackExpat Oct 20 #2

Thank you RazorbackExpat. for sharing with us. debm55 Oct 20 #9

from dusk to dawn lapfog_1 Oct 20 #3

Excellent taste lapfog_1. Thank you. debm55 Oct 20 #10

"THEM!" lastlib Oct 20 #4

THEM is my favorite. It doesn't scare me but the Polly Hennessey Oct 20 #6

They didn;t scare you? Thanks lastlib debm55 Oct 20 #11

I remember that! I guess not scary enough to give me nightmares. electric_blue68 Oct 22 #44

Cabin in the Woods. FalloutShelter Oct 20 #5

Thank you very much, FalloutShelter. debm55 Oct 20 #12

The Crawling Eye no_hypocrisy Oct 20 #13

Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. debm55 Oct 20 #14

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? MIButterfly Oct 20 #15

Thank you very much,MIButterfly. I have seen The Birds and Psycho numerous times. debm55 Oct 20 #20

Night of the Living Dead, Frankenstein (the original one), IT...so many more. LoisB Oct 20 #16

Thank you very much for sharing, LoisB. I like very old black and white movies. the original Frankenstein would be on my debm55 Oct 20 #19

Scary? I don't know about "scary" but I'll list a few movies that are in my rotation Niagara Oct 20 #17

Wow, You have a lot. Thank you very much for Sharing with us, Niagara. debm55 Oct 20 #18

Tangential re Blair Witch.... electric_blue68 Oct 22 #45

lol, electric_blue68 Niagara Oct 23 #47

Oh, that IS some stick! Otoh, shame on those rascaly raccoons, hummers got to eat, too! electric_blue68 Oct 23 #90

One of the raccoons bent my garden hooks getting to food. Ughh! Niagara Oct 24 #91

Let's Scare Jessica to Death MorbidButterflyTat Oct 23 #63

Thank you very much, MorbidButterflyTat. I agree. I don't like the gore and blood movies. debm55 Oct 23 #77

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) nuxvomica Oct 20 #21

Thank you very much, nuxvomica. the moving cut off of hand is scary. though debm55 Oct 20 #23

Horror of Dracula. boonecreek Oct 20 #22

How many times have you seen it? debm55 Oct 20 #24

More times than I care to remember. boonecreek Oct 20 #42

Tremors, The Thing From Another World, LogDog75 Oct 20 #25

Thank you very much, LogDog75 debm55 Oct 20 #32

ZERO! NONE! NADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! elleng Oct 20 #26

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you elleng. debm55 Oct 23 #58

The VVitch - 2015. The Ritual - 2017. The Thing - 1982 paleotn Oct 20 #27

Wow, You have seen The Exorcist more then once,? I would be very scared. I saw it when it came out and never saw it debm55 Oct 20 #37

The Changeling (1980) johnp3907 Oct 20 #28

Thank you johnp3907 debm55 Oct 20 #36

The original from 1963. Morbius Oct 20 #29

Thank you very much, Morbius. for sharing with us. debm55 Oct 20 #34

We watch a horror movie every night in Oct. Prairie_Seagull Oct 23 #49

Thank you Prairie_Seagull. Neat tradition. debm55 Oct 23 #60

An American Werewolf in London subterranean Oct 20 #30

Thank you very much, subterranean. for sharing. debm55 Oct 20 #35

The Lady in White nocoincidences Oct 20 #31

Thank you very much for your recommendations. nocoincidences debm55 Oct 20 #33

The Exorcist some_of_us_are_sane Oct 20 #38

Thank you very much, some_of_us_are_sane. You are brave. debm55 Oct 20 #39

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter displacedvermoter Oct 20 #40

Oh wow, thank you for sharing your collection with us, displacedvermoter. debm55 Oct 23 #61

Rear Window for me. Coventina Oct 20 #41

Thank you , Coventina, for sharing. I have a couple of times myself. debm55 Oct 23 #57

That poster MorbidButterflyTat Oct 23 #64

Got a couple justaprogressive Oct 21 #43

Thank you very much, justaprogressive. The Village of the Damned---too scary to see. debm55 Oct 23 #55

It was scary the first time (less so, later) 🤔 Forbidden Planet... electric_blue68 Oct 22 #46

Thank you very much, electric_blue68, debm55 Oct 23 #53

The first The Blob catbyte Oct 23 #48

I remember that, catbyte. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Oct 23 #52

And now for something completely different, and that is saying something. Prairie_Seagull Oct 23 #50

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Prairie_Seagull debm55 Oct 23 #51

Train to Busan FM123 Oct 23 #54

Thank you very much, FM123. debm55 Oct 23 #56

"The Sixth Sense"... OmegaX Oct 23 #59

Thank you very much for sharing with us, OmegaX. debm55 Oct 23 #62

My favorite movie genre MorbidButterflyTat Oct 23 #65

Thank you very much, MorbidButterflyTat. I also like the very oldies. debm55 Oct 23 #72

Young Frankenstein mwmisses4289 Oct 23 #66

I know what you mean, mwmisses4289, debm55 Oct 23 #74

The Shining, The original Halloween, and JMCKUSICK Oct 23 #67

Thanks John. debm55 Oct 23 #75

The Lost Boys movie area51 Oct 23 #68

HAHAHAHAAHHAHHA. Thank you very much. area51 debm55 Oct 23 #76

#1 Killer Clowns from Outer Space! Hilarious! #2 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Ziggysmom Oct 23 #69

OH, Thank you Ziggysmom. My biggest fear are clowns. I don't think I could watch it. I am glad you can. debm55 Oct 23 #73

Sinners Deep State Witch Oct 23 #70

Thank you very much, Deep State Witch. debm55 Oct 23 #71

that documentary called "Idiocracy"... ret5hd Oct 23 #78

Oh my, I have never seen it and it sounds like I won't. Thank you ret5hd. debm55 Oct 23 #82

Seven Haggard Celine Oct 23 #79

Thank you very much, Haggard Celine for sharing with us. debm55 Oct 23 #83

Showgirls ZDU Oct 23 #80

Oh you. Thanks debm55 Oct 23 #85

You know me well! ZDU Oct 23 #86

The Wizard of Oz. pandr32 Oct 23 #81

Me too. I watch every time it is on. The part that gets me are the flying monkeys. Thank you, pandr32. debm55 Oct 23 #84

Yes, the flying monkeys are scary too! pandr32 Oct 23 #87

They Live Wiz Imp Oct 23 #88

Thank you very much, Wiz Imp. Fight scene is rough. debm55 Oct 23 #89

The originals justaprogressive Oct 24 #92

Thank you, justaprogressive. The originals are the best. debm55 Oct 24 #93