House of the Long Shadows

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Aug 11, 2018 Finally Christopher Lee's character gets Peter Cushing's guy for once. Even tho it was alll a part of a bigger ruse (they're all just characters in the lodger's novel), its still fun to finally see Lee get the best of him. Add Vincent Price and you have a great campy horror fest. Everyone should at least watch it once; just for the awesomeness of Cushing, Carradine, Price and Lee in one film. See more

Finn S Dec 8, 2017 House of the Long Shadows is an amazing film. It is about an American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet. Christopher Lee and Vincent Price give excellent performances. The screenplay is good but a little slow in places. Pete Walker did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the horror and mystery. House of the Long Shadows is a must see. See more

Luke R Oct 31, 2017 Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, John Carradine. Those four names alone are enough to get any horror fan's attention, but put them together in the same movie for the first time and you get something...painfully average. Aside from seeing these legends share the screen, House of the Long Shadows doesn't have much to offer. The story is weak, the pace is slow, it's not scary, and watching Desi Arnaz Jr's "acting" is as painful as a root canal. The big names don't show up until the second act (and even then don't get a ton of screen time), which means we're stuck watching Arnaz read bad dialogue off cue cards the majority of the movie. Yes, he's so terrible he almost kills a movie with four of the greatest actors the genre has ever known. Thankfully it's not all bad news. House of the Long Shadows does have some terrific old dark house atmosphere, complete with creaking doors, secret passages and non-stop thunderstorms. Cushing, Lee, and Carradine all shine in their roles, but it's Price who gets all the best dialogue (and laughs). Unfortunately just as soon as the movie starts building momentum, it unleashes an incredibly lame ending on us. I can't stress enough what a joy it is to see these four share the screen, it's just a shame they didn't have a better script and supporting cast for their one and only get-together. See more

Abraham S Feb 25, 2017 I was kind of hoping this film would be better considering you have decent Euro-horror director Pete Walker ("Die Screaming, Marianne," "House of Whipcord," "Frightmare," "Schizo") and an all-star horror cast (Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine). Desi Arnaz Jr is pretty weak in the lead as an author who must stay in a spooky haunted house overnight on a bet (you've never seen that plot before, right?). If you view the film from a campy point of view, it's enjoyable enough, but don't expect an actually scary or original here (the main tip off in quality should have been that the film was produced by Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan). See more

Ron R Jan 23, 2013 'House of the Long Shadows' is a wonderful, underrated gothic horror gem that perfectly plays to the strengths of every actor: the hammy, melodramatic Vincent Price; the haunting and sinister Christopher Lee; the assertive and paternal John Carradine; and the creepy, yet sympathetic, Peter Cushing. It's an entertaining little mystery-farce that also makes a perfect last hurrah for these genre legends. See more

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