The Old Dark House (1932)
Directed by James Whale
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.
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What critics compared The Old Dark House to
How can someone who grew up on late-night horror double-features not be drawn to a movie that starts with a snowy image on a TV screen of Boris Karloff in James Whale's The Old Dark House intercut with a cheesy horror-show host called Dr. Wolfenstein (Gregg Gibbs)?
Director-co-writer Guillermo del Toro seems to have poured every Gothic literary and filmic influence into his cauldron: “Jane Eyre,” “Rebecca,” “The Woman in White,” a bit of Poe, a dash of James Whale’s “The Old Dark House.”
Although Boris Karloff made his reputation with Frankenstein (1931) and further consolidated it with The Old Dark House (1932), The Mummy was his first starring role (after appearing in seventy films).