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The Dunwich Horror is a american film of genre Drama directed by Daniel Haller released in USA on 14 january 1970 with Dean Stockwell
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
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Add to a movie listThe Dunwich Horror is a 1970 B-movie from American International Pictures directed by Daniel Haller and produced by Roger Corman. The film was based on the short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft with a script co-written by future Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson.
The leading role was offered to Peter Fonda, but he turned it down. Instead, Dean Stockwell played the role of Wilbur Whateley. The film was shot in Mendocino, California.
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The film begins with the groaning of a woman. The camera slowly pans to show two elderly women (who look like twins) and an elderly man who are watching a woman writhe and moan with the pain of childbirth on a bed in an old-fashioned looking bedroom. She is then led out of the room by the elderly man, who is later revealed as the elder Whateley.Actors
Dean Stockwell
(Wilbur Whateley)
Ed Begley
(Dr. Henry Armitage)
Sandra Dee
(Nancy Wagner)
Talia Shire
(Nurse Cora)
Lloyd Bochner
(Dr. Cory)
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