The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror is a 1970 American supernatural horror film directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ed Begley. A loose adaptation of the short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft, the film concerns a young female graduate student who is targeted by a man attempting to use her in an occult ritual taken from the Necronomicon. The screenplay was co-written by Curtis Hanson, while Roger Corman served as an executive producer on the film.
Plot
A woman groans and writhes with the pain of childbirth in a bedroom from a bygone era as two elderly women - who appear to be twins - and an elderly man watch. She is then led out of the room by the elderly man.
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| author | Curtis Hanson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Massachusetts |
| director | Daniel Haller |
| editor | Christopher Holmes |
| genre | horror |
| keywords | arkham closing time cthulhu mythos deities dr. henry armitage dunwich elderly man follow gas station kill lightning local history locked door miskatonic university morning necronomicon old whateley pagan paganism the old ones town doctor warn wilbur whateley |
| musicBy | Les Baxter |
| producer | James H. Nicholson Samuel Z. Arkoff |
| productionCompany | Alta Vista Productions |
| publisher | American International Pictures |
| theme | monster movie psychedelic |