Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.

Burgess Meredith
as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

Jack Palance
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Beverly Adams
as Carla Hayes (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

Peter Cushing
as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Maurice Denham
as Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")

Barbara Ewing
as Dorothy Endicott (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Michael Bryant
as Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")

John Standing
as Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Robert Hutton
as Bruce Benton (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

John Phillips
as Eddie Storm (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
CinemaSerf
This time it's Burgess Meredith's turn to compere a compendium of four horror stories set around his fairground attraction. He charges each of four people £5 for entry to a secret part of his exhibit where he promises them something portentous that they will never forget. Behind the curtain lies wha...