# House of the Long Shadows (1983)

> A cash-strapped novelist's twenty-four-hour writing challenge becomes a knowingly theatrical haunted-manor mystery populated by horror legends.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/24799

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Horror, Comedy, Mystery
- Director: Pete Walker
- Cast: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Desi Arnaz Jr., John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Julie Peasgood, Richard Todd
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085693/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, campy, theatrical, classic horror marathon, halloween viewing

## Movies like House of the Long Shadows

- [The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/17431)
- [The Legend of Hell House (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/9765)
- [The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/17824)
- [Castle of Blood (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/17460)
- [The Comedy of Terrors (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/18178)
- [The Bat (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/22173)
- [Mark of the Vampire (1935)](https://ember.film/movie/17744)
- [Dead of Night (1945)](https://ember.film/movie/7888)
- [Theatre of Blood (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/17428)
- [The Raven (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/17841)

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