Torture Garden (film)
1967 British film by Freddie Francis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Torture Garden is a 1967 British anthology horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance, Michael Ripper, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Maurice Denham, Ursula Howells, Michael Bryant and Barbara Ewing.[2] The score was a collaboration between Hammer horror regulars James Bernard and Don Banks.
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Torture Garden | |
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Directed by | Freddie Francis |
Written by | Robert Bloch |
Based on | short stories by Bloch, "Enoch", "The Man Who Collected Poe", "Terror Over Hollywood", "Mr Steinway" |
Produced by | Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
Starring | Jack Palance Burgess Meredith Beverly Adams Peter Cushing |
Cinematography | Norman Warwick |
Edited by | Peter Elliott |
Music by | Don Banks James Bernard |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | 10 November 1967 (UK) 6 September 1968 (US) |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $500,000[1] |
Made by Amicus Productions, it is one of producer Milton Subotsky's trademark "portmanteau" films, an omnibus of short stories (in this case all by Psycho author Robert Bloch, who adapted his own work for the screenplay) linked by a single narrative. Freddie Francis said Martin Scorsese wanted him to make a film about the life of Edgar Allan Poe because he so admired Torture Garden.[3]