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The Dunwich Horror

Der junge Wilbur Whateley versucht sich Zugang zum Necronomicon zu verschaffen. Doch Professor Armitage verbietet ihm den Zugriff auf dieses gefährliche okkulte Werk. Die Studentin Nancy Wagner ist eher geneigt, dem charmanten Mann ihr Gehör zu leihen. Als Wilbur seine Rückfahrgelegenheit verpasst, bietet sie sich an, ihn nach Dunwich-Manor zu bringen. Dort angekommen, sabotiert er ihr Auto, verabreicht ihr Drogen und verhindert so ihre Weiterfahrt. Professor Armitage und Nancys Freundin Elizabeth Hamilton sind besorgt und gehen der Geschichte der unheimlichen Familie Whateley nach. Sie erfahren mehr über dunkle Rituale und verborgene Geschöpfe aus dem Jenseits, als ihnen lieb ist …

Erscheinungsdatum
1970-01-14
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (130)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 28 Min.
Genres
Horror
Regie
Daniel Haller

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Basiert auf: Das Grauen von Dunwich
  • Gedreht in: Kalifornien

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 1929 novella 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.

Production

American International Pictures (AIP) originally announced a film version of Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror" in 1963. Originally, AIP had conceived an international co-production of the film between the United States and Italy, to be directed by Italian filmmaker Mario Bava and starring Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee.

Daniel Haller, who was eventually hired to direct, had previously directed several films for executive producer Roger Corman, including the motorcycle film Devil's Angels (1967).

Commenting on the production, Haller noted that the production was partly inspired by the success of Rosemary's Baby (1968), but added, "We are not making a Gothic horror story. We want a much more contemporary image—one that will bring witchcraft and necromancy into an area of credibility, at least to some extent."

Sandra Dee was cast in the lead role of Nancy in April 1969, and paid $65,000 plus 5% of the profits. The role was Dee's first major part after the lapse of her years-long contract with Universal Pictures, and she saw it as a notable change of pace in her career.

Originally, Peter Fonda was cast in the role of Wilbur Whateley, but he backed out of the project and was replaced by Dean Stockwell. Both Stockwell and Dee were former child actors. This was the last film of actor Ed Begley, who died three months after its theatrical release.

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