House of the Long Shadows (1983)

​​​This event will be introduced by Author, Mark Iveson, author of 'Vincent Price: The British Connection' , 'Peter Cushing: The Reluctant Globetrotter' and 'Cursed Horror Stars'.

 

House of the Long Shadows is a 1983 British comedy horror film directed by Pete Walker. It is notable for featuring four iconic horror film stars (Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine) together for the first and only time. When young novelist Kenneth Magee (Desi Arnaz, Jr.) makes a bet with his publisher (Richard Todd) that he can churn out a best-selling Wuthering Heights-style novel in 24 hours, he finds himself spending the night at the spooky Baldpate Manor. Instead of writing, he becomes preoccupied with the caretakers and numerous guests that unexpectedly arrive throughout the night. All the various ingredients and cliches of a classic ‘old dark house’ tale come together to spoof the genre. Horror buffs will appreciate figuring out all of the nods to other films. The drive to the manor house, for instance, is a direct homage to Janet Leigh’s rainy drive in Psycho.

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