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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)

NR Aug 01, 1962 Horror 1h 28m
59%
User Score
6.3/10
80%

The candle of his lust burnt brightest in the shadow of the grave!

Overview

In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.

Riccardo Freda
Director
Ernesto Gastaldi
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele

Cynthia Hichcock
Robert Flemyng
Robert Flemyng

Prof. Bernard Hichcock
Silvano Tranquilli
Silvano Tranquilli

Dr. Kurt Lowe
Maria Teresa Vianello
Maria Teresa Vianello

Margherita Hichcock
Harriet Medin
Harriet Medin

Martha, the maid
Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams
Al Christianson
Al Christianson
Evaristo Signorini
Evaristo Signorini

Inspector Scott
Giovanni Querrel
Giovanni Querrel

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Media

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Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on March 17, 2024

There are definitely shades of Daphne du Maurier in this slightly hysterical telling of a supernatural tale. Robert Flemyng is an eminent surgeon who has a penchant for necrophilia - he drugs them first then has his fun; they awaken none the wiser some hours later. However, when he overdoses his first wife and she dies he is bereft and departs for twelve years. When he returns to his home with a new wife (not entirely dissimilar to her predecessor) he picks up where he left off - not just with his wife, but with the cadavers in his hospital mortuary too. When wife No. 2 (Barbara Steele) starts hallucinating and gets suspicious, she confides in her husband's colleague (Silvano Tranquilli) and instead of finding a ghost, they find something altogether more sinister. It's certainly formulaic,...

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