The House of Fear
HORROR stalking its halls!
1945 | 69m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Roy William Neill |
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| Writer: | Roy Chanslor, Arthur Conan Doyle |
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| The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 16, 1945 |
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| Director: | Roy William Neill |
| Writer: | Roy Chanslor, Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Genres: | Horror, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | castle, black and white, series of murders, ancestor, sherlock holmes |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes |
| Nigel Bruce | Dr. John Watson |
| Aubrey Mather | Alastair |
| Paul Cavanagh | Simon Merrivale |
| Dennis Hoey | Inspector Lestrade |
| Harry Cording | John Simpson |
| Holmes Herbert | Alan Cosgrave |
| Sally Shepherd | Mrs. Monteith |
| Gavin Muir | Chalmers |
| Florette Hillier | Alison MacGregor |
| David Clyde | Alex MacGregor |
| Doris Lloyd | Bessie |
| Cyril Delevanti | Stanley Raeburn (uncredited) |
| Alec Craig | Angus (uncredited) |
| Richard Alexander | Ralph King (uncredited) |
| Bobby Hale | Pub Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Saul A. Goodkind | Editor |
| Roy Chanslor | Screenplay |
| John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
| Roy William Neill | Director |
| Eugène Lourié | Art Direction |
| Virgil Miller | Director of Photography |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Novel |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roy William Neill | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
"Holmes" and "Watson" are chewing the fat in Baker St. when an insurance fellow comes to visit. He is puzzled by the unexplained deaths of some old folks living together at a remote Scottish castle. The thing is, each deceased person leaves the total value of their life policy to the remainder of th ... e group. Their interest piqued, off they head to the home of the rather dotty "Mr. Alastair" (Aubrey Mather) where they discover that before the deaths of each of their "Good Comrades", that person had received an envelope containing orange pips. Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce, alongside a sterling effort from Dennis Hoey as the typically hapless "Insp. Lestrade" and the usual stalwarts from the series - Paul Cavanagh and Harry Cording all keep this enjoyable murder(s) mystery ticking along nicely with plenty of red herrings and spooky goings-on. Great fun.