Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

dobbiesautographs yet another excellent British horror movie from the 1960's . I was pleasantly surprised with the special effects from such an old movie , each segment had it's own brand of humour and horror , perfectly combined . and if it wasn't for the fact they all died , that would have made for a fantastic train ride , with so much talent in one place . I recently watched this movie again , on horror channel , & in my opinion it has not lost any of it's charm , and is still very watchable today - a true testament to the actors , writer , and director . it is very skilfully filmed , written , and acted . a true must have for all collectors of horror classics .

Rainey Dawn This is one of the better horror anthologies on the market. 5 really good segments horror with a great cast. This one is a great watch. In-between the stories is a great story in itself of Dr. "Terror" Schreck who is on a train with 5 other men and read their tarot cards thus our 5 segments. The stories include: a werewolf, a human-killing plant, voodoo, a zombie crawling hand and a vampire - all of which are good.I'm still trying to decide on which of the 5 tales is my favorite - I think I'm torn between the werewolf, zombie hand and vampire as my number one pick. But what I liked the best about this anthology was the train ride scenes where they were getting their tarot cards read.Really good film for late at night or for the 31 Days of Halloween Movie Fest.8.5/10

FlashCallahan Five men enter a train carriage in London bound for Bradley, and are joined by a sixth, the mysterious Doctor Schreck whose name, he mentions, is German for "terror". During the journey, the doctor opens his pack of Tarot cards, which he calls his "House of Horrors", and proceeds to reveal the destinies of each of the travellers........Anthology films are always a mixed bag of nuts, but it doesn't matter if there is a poor segment of the anthology (there usually is), the fundamental part of the film, in order for it to work, is the wrap around story.Surprisingly, the wrap around story, involving the six in a train carriage, is the most sinister and haunting part of the film, and this is because of the wonderfully restrained performance from the titular doctor himself, Peter Cushing.Any other horror film made around this time would have the main 'villain' mugging and playing up to the camera, but the thing that makes Cushing's portrayal so eerie, is that he appears to be just as normal as the other five passengers.The stories, as I've already said, are something of a mixed bag, we have one about a werewolf and an old house with a curse, a wonderfully over the top story about Roy Castle stealing some Voodoo song, a woeful story about a killer plant, and another featuring Donald Sutherland who is tricked into killing his wife, whom is a vampire.But the stand out has to be the Christopher Lee story, about a dismembered hand following him, looking for revenge. It sounds silly, but the punchline is pretty grim, considering its a PG rated film.All the stories have something whimsical about them, one breaks the fourth wall, one features Kenny Lynch, and they all have that 'it was so much safer back then' feel to it.It's not for everybody, but for fans of Amicus and Hammer, this will really fit the bill.

kensworld-135-305975 This was the first of several compendium Horror Films from 'Amicus' a close rival to 'Hammer' and it was one of the most uneven. The things that worked against it were the weakness of some of the stories, like for instance, the devouring plant, and the miscasting of Roy Castle and Alan Freeman, who were out of their depth in a horror film (whoever came up with that idea, are we hard up for actors or something??). The severed hand story with Christopher Lee was possibly the best in a film that bordered more on being silly than frightening. A pity, but it must have been considered as not that bad, because thankfully, it let to other compendiums from this studio, like 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Asylum', both of which were superior to this film. In short, this one is for completists only!