The Legacy (1978)
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24% want to see it
(78 ratings)
Richard Marquand directed this second-rate retread of Haunted House Horror, with The Devil added to spice up the proceedings. Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot play Margaret Walsh and Pete Danner, a couple of American architects who are inexplicably summoned to the English countryside for an… More Richard Marquand directed this second-rate retread of Haunted House Horror, with The Devil added to spice up the proceedings. Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot play Margaret Walsh and Pete Danner, a couple of American architects who are inexplicably summoned to the English countryside for an architectural assignment. They meet a mysterious and reclusive millionaire, Jason Mountolive (John Standing), get one look at him, and head back to town. But when they are forced off the road by a chauffeur-driven limousine, they find themselves back at Mountolive's house of horrors. Trapped in the mansion for the weekend, they get to see Mountolive's guests dispatched in a variety of gruesome ways, before the inevitable demonic possession routine kicks in. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Marquand
- Written By
- Jimmy Sangster, Patrick Tilley, Paul Wheeler, Dick Bush
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
R,
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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James Plath, Reel.com
Frankly, it's the family members who make this documentary work. There's never a sense of their saying or doing anything as "performance."
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Staci Layne Wilson, StaciWilson.com
Super 70s spooker!
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Cast
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Katharine Ross
as Maggie Walsh
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Sam Elliott
as Pete Danner
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Hildegard Neil
as Barbara
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Roger Daltrey
as Clive
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Ian Hogg
as Harry
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John Standing
as Jason Mountolive
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Margaret Tyzack
as Nurse Adams
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Charles Gray
as Karl
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Lee Montague
as Jacques
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Marianne Broome
as Maria
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William Abney
as Butler
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Patsy Smart
as Cook
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Reg Harding
as Gardener
