The House of the Dead

When a philandering husband accidentally finds himself lost during a rainstorm, he’s taken in by an elderly mortician and is forced to learn the ghastly origins of four freshly arrived corpses.

Cast

John Ericson

as Talmudge

Ivor Francis

as The Mortician

Judith Novgrod

as Miss Sibiler

Burr DeBenning

as Growski

Charles Aidman

as Detective Malcolm Toliver

Bernard Fox

as Inspector McDowal

Richard Gates

as Cantwell

Elizabeth MacRae

as Mrs. Lumquist

Linda Gibboney

as Julie

Leslie Paxton

as Marie

Reviews

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This was a decent anthology film in the tradition of 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' and 'Creepshow', and was director Miller's only cinematic feature in her career from 1971-2002. It has an interesting framing device of a man, cheating on his wife with a married woman, taking a cab from where he had a l...

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