boris karloff

The Old Dark House (1932)

The Old Dark House (1932)

THE OLD DARK HOUSE is the progenitor of every scary dark house movie that's ever been made. Since JANE EYRE and THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO, haunted houses and lunatics locked behind doors have pretty much been a staple of gothic literature. And of course, with silent films like THE BAT or THE CAT AND THE CANARY, these stories began to be explored in a new medium. But with this film, James Whale amplified everything, dialing it all up to eleven.