James Whale directed this film about five travelers(played by Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, Lillian Bond, Raymond Massey, and Gloria Stuart) who escape from a bad storm by entering the title dwelling, which belongs to the decidedly unusual Femm family, composed of a quarreling brother and sister, very old grandfather upstairs, and a pyromaniac named Saul locked away in the attic! Boris Karloff plays the mute and drunken butler Morgan, who will come to menace the travelers later on... Highly unusual film has wonderful atmosphere and cast, but goes overboard on the comedy and melodrama. Still, it is entertaining and memorable, and worth seeing for its cast alone.
Review of The Old Dark House
