The Legend of Hell House

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The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 British supernatural horror film, based on Richard Matheson's novel, about a group of investigators exploring a notoriously haunted mansion.

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instanceOf British horror film
film
supernatural horror film
basedOn The Legend of Hell House self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hell House
basedOnAuthor Richard Matheson
certificateUK X
character Emeric Belasco
cinematographyBy Alan Hume
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director John Hough
distributor 20th Century Fox
distributorRegion United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Geoffrey Foot
filmingLocation Elstree Studios
genre haunted house film
occult horror
supernatural horror
homeMedia Blu-ray
DVD
VHS
language English
mainCharacter Ann Barrett
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
Dr. Lionel Barrett
Florence Tanner
musicBy Brian Hodgson
Delia Derbyshire
notableFor being one of the classic haunted house films of the 1970s
use of scientific and psychic approaches to ghost hunting
plotSummary A team of investigators is hired to explore and survive a notoriously haunted mansion known as the Belasco House.
portrayedBy Clive Revill
Gayle Hunnicutt
Michael Gough
Pamela Franklin
Roddy McDowall
producer Albert Fennell
Norman T. Herman
productionCompany Academy Pictures
publicationYearOfSource 1971
releaseDateUK 1973-06-15
releaseYear 1973
runtimeMinutes 95
screenplayAdaptationType loose adaptation of the novel Hell House
screenwriter Richard Matheson
setting Belasco House
England
theme conflict between science and the supernatural
survival in a haunted house

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Michael Gough notableWork The Legend of Hell House
Richard Matheson notableWork The Legend of Hell House
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Richard Matheson wrote The Legend of Hell House
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The Haunting influenced The Legend of Hell House
subject surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)
this entity surface form: The Legend of Hell House (1973 film)
The Legend of Hell House basedOn The Legend of Hell House self-linksurface differs
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Matheson notableWork The Legend of Hell House
subject surface form: Richard Matheson
this entity surface form: Hell House
Francis Michael Gough notableWork The Legend of Hell House
Victor Buono notableWork The Legend of Hell House