The Old Dark House on DVD

A classic mix of thrills, scares, and laughs from "Frankenstein" director James Whale in which six travelers seek refuge from a storm in a decrepit mansion in Wales, only to be frightened by the creepy, eccentric Femm family living there, especially hideously scarred butler Morgan (Boris Karloff). Once-thought-lost Universal frightfest, based on the 1927 novel "Benighted" by J.B. Priestley, co-stars Raymond Massey, Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, Ernest Thesiger, Gloria Stuart, Lilian Bond. 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.