The Shuttered Room

This article is about the 1967 film. For the short story on which it is based, see The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces. For the unrelated album, see Shuttered Room.

The Shuttered Room
Directed by	David Greene
Produced by	Philip Hazelton (as Phillip Hazleton)
Written by	August Derleth (short story) H. P. Lovecraft (short story) D. B. Ledrov Nat Tanchuck (as Nathaniel Tanchuck)
Starring	Gig Young Carol Lynley
Studio	Troy-Schenck Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date(s)	27 June 1967
Running time	99-100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Shuttered Room is a 1967 British horror film starring Gig Young and Carol Lynley as a couple who move into a house with dark secrets. It is based on the short story of the same name by August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft.

Plot

On a small island off the US 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. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062266/combined. Retrieved 5-8-2013.  </ref>

Cast

• Gig Young as Mike Kelton
• Carol Lynley as Susannah Whately Kelton / Sarah
• Oliver Reed as Ethan
• Flora Robson as Aunt Agatha
• Judith Arthy as Emma
• Rick Jones
• Ann Bell
• William Devlin as Zebulon Whately
• Charles Lloyd Pack as Barge Master
• Bernard Kay as Tait
• Celia Hewitt as Aunt Sarah
• Robert Cawdron as Luther Whately
• Murray Evans
• Cliff Diggins (as Clifford Diggins)
• Peter Porteous
• Anita Anderson as Susannah as a Child

External links

• The Shuttered Room at the Internet Movie Database
• The Shuttered Room at the TCM Movie Database
• The Shuttered Room at AllRovi