The Old Dark House Comments

  • Lysanne 2023-01-26 05:24:31

    6.9 Considering its age and clarity, the look and feel of the film is vastly superior to many of its contemporaries. The step-by-step settings at the beginning of the film, the muddy world in the rainstorm, the dimly lit ancient house, the slightly gloomy family, etc. are still interesting, but the later plot becomes a bit random and a little...

  • Jarrell 2023-01-14 04:31:24

    James Weir's masterpiece, the amazing part of the heroine's hand shadow at the dining table, the pre-code horror conscience, the atmosphere is great, the theme is so...

  • Raven 2023-01-11 07:54:53

    disturbing, disturbing...

  • Colten 2022-12-21 23:10:12

    It belongs to the good-looking category in the early movies. There is no suspense of ups and downs, but a sense of strangeness in the interlocking plot. The behavioral logic of the characters and the performance of the script are generally good, especially the relationship between the characters and the subtext. The dialogue, full of routines, too...

  • Llewellyn 2022-10-24 18:11:26

    Maybe because of the big screen, I think the horror atmosphere is particularly in...

  • Dennis 2022-10-20 23:55:11

    How to spot Charles Laughton.....find that fat...

  • Xzavier 2022-10-20 23:08:03

    In the closed space, a group of people have experienced the strange family and the horror adventure to resolve the conflicts before the characters. The climax part is not strong enough, and the villain is not strong enough. The shooting method is still somewhat "Frankenstein"...

  • Flo 2022-10-20 22:40:15

    The plot is a bit stubborn. In the 32-year-old 'thriller', the heroine changed her clothes and wore a low-cut (and now it's a camisole), really, time has changed a lot and...

  • Skylar 2022-10-20 22:28:51

    The opening is good, the atmosphere is okay; there are a few things that are inexplicable, the rhythm is not well mastered, and the character of Karloff is...

  • Hillary 2022-10-20 22:09:22

    The plot is a bit stubborn. In the 32-year-old 'thriller', the heroine changed her clothes and wore a low-cut (and now it's a camisole), really, time has changed a lot and...

Extended Reading

The Old Dark House quotes

  • [the Wavertons and Penderel are completely lost on a dark and stormy night]

    Margaret Waverton: Well now for heaven's sake stop. Let's look at a map or something.

    Penderel: My view is, we're not on a map.

  • [the road the Waverton's are on has been flooded]

    Margaret Waverton: Don't stop!

    Philip Waverton: How can I help stopping? Do you think we're in a motorboat?

    Penderel: [singing] Stuck for the night/stuck for the night... .

    Margaret Waverton: Mr. Pendelel, please!

    Philip Waverton: Sorry.

    [Waverton tries to drive their car across the flooded road]

    Margaret Waverton: Do you think we'll do it?

    Philip Waverton: I really don't know.

    Penderel: [waving his glove derisively] Bon voyage!