Macabre
A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Released
- 1958
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1958
Storyline
A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
Top credits
William Prince — Dr. Rodney Barrett
Jim Backus — Police Chief Jim Tyloe
Christine White — Nancy Wetherby Tyloe
Jacqueline Scott — Polly Baron - Nurse
Did you know
• Director William Castle mortgaged his Beverly Hills house to finance the film.
• The first of William Castle's "gimmick" films. In this one, admission included a $1000 insurance policy against "death by fright" issued by Lloyds of London.
• The insurance policy with Lloyds of London was real. A reported stipulation was that the "Lloyds of London" name could not be used on posters and other printed promotional material.
User reviews
A Mix of the Fascinating and the Stupid
I Wish I Still Had My Insurance Policy
how I chickened out seeing "macabre"
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono, Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
