# The House of Fear (1945)

> Sherlock Holmes investigates a deadly inheritance scheme when orange pips warn a secluded group of wealthy comrades that they are being marked for murder.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/20923

## Facts

- Runtime: 69 min
- Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
- Director: Roy William Neill
- Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Paul Cavanagh, Dennis Hoey, Harry Cording, Holmes Herbert, Sally Shepherd
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037794/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: foreboding, eerie, suspenseful, classic mystery night, rainy evening

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- [The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)](https://ember.film/movie/16271)
- [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1 (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/59811)
- [Murder by Decree (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/21470)
- [The Bat (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/22173)
- [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)](https://ember.film/movie/10506)
- [Terror by Night (1946)](https://ember.film/movie/12304)
- [The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/6703)
- [Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)](https://ember.film/movie/34139)

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