Top billed cast

1. 

   Burgess Meredith

   Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)

2. 

   Jack Palance

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

3. 

   Beverly Adams

   Carla Hayes (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

4. 

   Peter Cushing

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

5. 

   Maurice Denham

   Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch")

6. 

   Barbara Ewing

   Dorothy Endicott (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

7. 

   Michael Bryant

   Colin Williams (segment 1 "Enoch")

8. 

   John Standing

   Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

9. 

   Robert Hutton

   Bruce Benton (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-06

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 what appears to be a life-size doll - the Fate Atropos - and each learns of a tale that tears down their façade of respectability that these two men and two women have hitherto presented. The segments themselves are short, sweet and though maybe all just a bit predicable (usually the way when there's...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• scissors
• greed
• exhibit
• carnival
• pact with the devil
• anthology
• murder
• destiny
• sideshow