
The House of Fear
“HORROR stalking its halls!”
Director: Roy William Neill
Producer: Roy William Neill
Overview
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.
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Cast

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
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Reviews
7.0CinemaSerf
July 1, 2022
When an insurance man calls upon Messrs. “Holmes” (Basil Rathbone) and “Watson” (Nigel Bruce) in their recently bullet-holed Baker Street lodgings, he raises some concerns about a group called the “good comrades”. They live in a remote, coastal and creepy, mansion house where each have made the others their beneficiari…