House of Terrors (Japanese: 怪談せむし男, Hepburn: Kaidan semushi otoko, lit. 'Ghost Story of a Hunchbacked Man'), also known as The Ghost of the Hunchback,[1] is a 1965 Japanese horror film directed by Hajime Sato and produced by Toei Company.[2]
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| Kanji | 怪談せむし男 | ||||
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| Directed by | Hajime Sato | ||||
| Screenplay by | Hajime Takaiwa | ||||
| Produced by | Hiroshi Okawa | ||||
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Running time | 81 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
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Release edit
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House of Terrors was dubbed in Italian and released in Italy as Il pozzo di Satana, featuring anglicized credits.[4]
Home media edit
In 2022, a 2K restoration of the film was released on Blu-ray in Region A by Mondo Macabro.[5]
References edit
- ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (1989). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits, Supplement: Through 1987. McFarland & Company. p. 421. ISBN 0-89950-364-0.
- ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 through 1994. McFarland & Company. p. 220. ISBN 978-0786400324.
- ^ a b Kasuga, Taichi [in Japanese] (24 February 2022). "不気味な洋館に集う人間の欲望。怪奇作の名手が見せる白黒の恐怖！――春日太一の木曜邦画劇場". Shūkan Bunshun (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Davies, Clive (2015). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write About. Headpress. p. 414. ISBN 978-1909394278.
- ^ "House of Terrors - Limited Red Case Edition". Mondo Macabro. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
Further reading edit
- Reyes, Xavier Aldana (2020). Gothic Cinema. Routledge Film Guidebooks. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138227569.
Japanese films like Kaidan semushi otoko (House of Terrors, 1965) and Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me (Lake of Dracula, 1971), show an obvious debt to Western Gothic films, [...]
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