The Dunwich Horror

The Dunwich Horror (1970)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 35% of users liked it
    (2,462 ratings)

With a style and tone that wreaks of the late '60s, this cheap-looking adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story plays like an obvious reference to the battle between the establishment and the counterculture. The film stars Dean Stockwell as Wilbur Whateley, a brooding young man who makes a connection… More

R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Daniel Haller
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Jan 14, 1970 Wide
On DVD
Aug 28, 2001
AIP

Critic Reviews

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Pretty much botched Lovecraft adaptation.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The film should be more interesting for Lovecraft fans than to the general audience.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    I know I saw this movie, but I can't recall it at all, I need to see it again.

  • Bruce B


    Based on a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. Like a few of the Stephen King Movies, a good writer's movies don't always come out at there best when put on screen. That?s what we have here. Dean Stockwell plays the young and intesive Wilbur, who seems to capture young… More

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