The Shuttered Room (1967)
1h 39m
Running Time
June 27, 1967Release Date
The Shuttered Room (1967)
1h 39m
Running Time
June 27, 1967Release Date
Plot.
In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. After her parents get killed by lightning, young Susannah is sent to New York by her aunt Agatha, who wants her to avoid the family curse. Years later Susannah, now married, persuades her husband to spend a holiday in the abandoned mill. Once on the island, Susannah and Mike soon find themselves exposed to the hostility of a gang of thugs led by Ethan, Susannah's brutal cousin.
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Cast & Crew.
Oliver Reed
Ethan
Gig Young
Mike Kelton
Carol Lynley
Susannah Whately Kelton / Sarah
Judith Arthy
Emma
Flora Robson
Aunt Agatha
David Greene
Director
Ann Bell
Mary Whately, Susannah's Mother
David Greene
Director
William Devlin
Zebulon Whately
D.B. Ledrov
Writer
Charles Lloyd Pack
Barge Master
Nat Tanchuck
Writer
August Derleth
Writer
Bernard Kay
Tait
H.P. Lovecraft
Writer
Brian Eatwell
Art Direction
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Phillip Hazleton
Producer
Bernard Schwartz
Executive Producer
Alexander Jacobs
Associate Producer
Brian Smedley-Aston
Editor
Basil Kirchin
Original Music Composer
Ken Hodges
Director of Photography
Eileen Warwick
Hairdresser
Jack Harding
Original Music Composer
Don Challis
Sound Editor
Herbert Smith
Camera Operator
Caroline Mott
Costume Design
Kevin Sutton
Sound Mixer
Frederick Yale
Casting
Hylan Booker
Costume Designer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Shuttered Room (a.k.a. Blood Island) is a 1967 British horror film directed by David Greene and starring Gig Young and Carol Lynley as a couple who move into a house with dark secrets. It is based on a short story of the same name by August Derleth, published as a so-called "posthumous collaboration" with H. P. Lovecraft. The film has also been re-released under the title Blood Island.Although set in the U.S., the film was shot in England, in Kent and Norfolk.