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Torture Garden

Torture Garden

6.125

1967

100 min

Horror

Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.

Torture Garden

6.125

1967

100 min

Horror

Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.

Cast

Burgess Meredith

Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Jack Palance

Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Beverly Adams

Carla Hayes (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

Peter Cushing

Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Maurice Denham

Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")

Barbara Ewing

Dorothy Endicott (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Michael Bryant

Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")

John Standing

Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Robert Hutton

Bruce Benton (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

John Phillips

Eddie Storm (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

Michael Ripper

Gordon Roberts (Framing Story)

Bernard Kay

Dr. Heim (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2 years ago

This time it's Burgess Meredith's turn to compere a compendium of four horror stories set around his fairground attraction. He charges each of four people £5 for entry to a secret part of his exhibit where he promises them something portentous that they will never forget. Behind the curtain lies what appears to be a life-size doll - the Fate Atropos - and each learns of a tale that tears down their façade of respectability that these two men and two women have hitherto presented. The segments themselves are short, sweet and though maybe all just a bit predicable (usually the way when there's some moralising afoot) there are still some decent performances from the likes of Peter Cushing, Jack Palance and John Standing to keep these character assessments - and just desserts - interesting. My favourite was the first segment with a brief appearance from Maurice Denham's "Uncle Roger" and an "Azazel" style, malevolent, cat - but the others all have their foreboding messages to deliver too. The production is all standard fayre, it's a bit over-scored and there is certainly a surfeit of dialogue at times, but it's still quite a fun 'Tales of the Unexpected" style series of mysteries that I did quite enjoy.