House Of Mystery (1961)

[DB7]

Originally Posted by private parts Hi, Is it a recording from TV

Almost certainly, it's never been released legitimately on dvd or vhs.

[MarcMorris]

I too have a direct off air recording from Channel 4 back in 1994.

[Lord Brett]

I've just watched this as a part of my research for my Peter Dyneley article for FAB the Gerry Anderson Appreciation Society magazine. The article has grown so large that it's going to be spread over two issues (2500 words just to reach the early sixties) and I am now, for what it's worth, probably the UK's formost expert on the Japanese/American horror movie The Manster!

One interesting point (to me, at least) was that the central idea behind House of Mystery, which I won't reveal here for those who haven't seen it, is remarkably similar to that of the 1980 Hammer House of Horror episode The Silent Scream.

[DB7]

It's based on the Grand Guignol play L’Angoise and HoM was perhaps Sewell's fourth version of the story.

[batman]

Originally Posted by DB7 It's based on the Grand Guignol play L’Angoise and HoM was perhaps Sewell's fourth version of the story.

Is that the same source material as for Ghost Ship?

Bats.

[DB7]

Originally Posted by batman Is that the same source material as for Ghost Ship? Bats.

Yep. Latin Quarter and The Medium also iirc.

[Foster twelvetrees]

Originally Posted by DB7 It's based on the Grand Guignol play L’Angoise and HoM was perhaps Sewell's fourth version of the story.

I believe it was done 5 times in total by Sewell.

[DB7]

Originally Posted by Foster twelvetrees I believe it was done 5 times in total by Sewell.

I've seen three. Always told in flashback and involve a couple entering a decrepit cottage, boat or art studio, then a medium enters the fray to reveal the troubled history.

[Foster twelvetrees]

I'm quoting from Phil Hardy's Aurum Encyclopaedia of Horror allthough he doesn't give the five titles, only three, HOM. Ghost Ship and The Medium.

Latin Quarter would make it four.

The fifth........?

[Lord Brett]

Blimey, that's fascinating - I'll have to write that into me article now!

[DB7]

Thanks to ZDD:

[marker]

Originally Posted by CALF28 Hello, House of Mystery 1961 is for sale for a fiver on Ebay at the moment. Cheers, John.

I was going to buy this as it looks an interesting film, but was unable to find it on ebay

cheers marker

[smudge]

Originally Posted by marker I was going to buy this as it looks an interesting film, but was unable to find it on ebay cheers marker

PM me your e-mail addy Marker and I'll sort you out with a copy...

Smudge

[scenesixty]

Has anyone a copy of this genuinely spooky chiller from '61?
I remember watching it quite some time ago-and remember it having an all pervasing feel of unease.With Nannette Newman in female lead and a sinister older Woman.