The Old Dark House (1963 film)

The Old Dark House is a 1963 film about an American who sells cars in England and receives a mysterious invitation from an old, eccentric millionaire to visit his house in which he lives with his twin brother. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name.
 * Directed by William Castle. Written by Robert Dillon, based on the 1927 novel Benighted by J. B. Priestley.

READY! SET! LAUGH! Join the fun in a nut-house of terror! (taglines)

Dialogue

 * Tom Penderel: You, uh... why, you must be very lonely. Well, I mean, uh, all alone...
 * Morgana Femm: Oh, you have no idea. Every night in this house, with just a whole family of Femms.


 * Agatha Femm: [Knitting] I capture time and space in my stitches. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I stopped.
 * Tom Penderel: Happen? To you?
 * Agatha Femm: No, no. To the world.

Taglines

 * READY! SET! LAUGH! Join the fun in a nut-house of terror!
 * The Key to Spooks, Kooks, and Coffin Nooks... where the host with the most turns into a Ghost... and you... die...LAUGHING!
 * Scared stiff? Take a coffin-break!... to steady your nerves...and stifle your laughter!

Cast

 * Tom Poston — Tom Penderel
 * Robert Morley — Roderick Femm
 * Janette Scott — Cecily Femm
 * Joyce Grenfell — Agatha Femm