Torture Garden (1967)

★ 6.2 1h 40m IMDb

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr Diabolo, to warn people of foreseeable evil. One by one, skeptics stand before the Fate Atropos to preview the greed and violence hiding behind their respectable façades.

Torture Garden

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Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story) Died 1997 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, and director. He was known for his roles as The Penguin in the 1960s TV ve...
Jack Palance
Jack Palance as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") Died 2006 · Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best...
Beverly Adams
Beverly Adams as Carla Hayes (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood") Age 85 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Beverly Adams (born November 7, 1940) is a Canadian-born actress and author. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beverly Adams, licensed under CC-BY-S...
Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") Died 1994 · Kenley, Surrey, England, UK Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many o...
Maurice Denham
Maurice Denham as Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch") Died 2002 · Beckenham, Kent, England, UK Maurice Denham OBE (23 December 1909 – 24 July 2002) was an English character actor who appeared in over 100 television programmes and films throughout his long career. From Wikipedia, the free encyc...

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 6/10 Jun 06, 2023
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 some moralising afoot) there are still some decent performances from the likes of Peter Cushing, Jack Palance and John Standing to keep these character assessments - and just desserts - interesting. My favourite was the first segment with a brief appearance from Maurice Denham's "Uncle Roger" and an "Azazel" style, malevolent, cat - but the others all have their foreboding messages to deliver too. The production is all standard fayre, it's a bit over-scored and there is certainly a surfeit of dialogue at times, but it's still quite a fun 'Tales of the Unexpected" style series of mysteries that I did quite enjoy.

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