The Old Dark House
mild violence, scary scenes, sex references
Director(s)James Whale
Production year1932
Release date27/04/2018
Genre(s)Horror, Comedy
Approx. running minutes72m
CastMelvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore, Gloria Stuart
The Old Dark House
mild violence, scary scenes, sex references
THE OLD DARK HOUSE is a comic horror film, from 1932, in which a group of stranded travellers spend a stormy night in a ...
THE OLD DARK HOUSE is a comic horror film, from 1932, in which a group of stranded travellers spend a stormy night in a remote mansion in rural Wales.
violence
There is mild violence as two characters engage in a fist fight, the scene ending with one knocking the other down a staircase. In a later scene, one character breaks a chair over another's head.
threat and horror
The film is set in a spooky mansion, a setting that could prove unsettling to younger viewers. There are scary scenes in which the central characters are directly threatened by the house's bizarre occupants, which include a menacing butler and a deranged pyromaniac.
sex
Verbal sex references are generally euphemistic, for example to "lustful sin" or "the joys of fleshly love",
additional issues
Very mild bad language includes infrequent uses of 'God' and 'hell'.
mild violence, scary scenes, sex references
Classified Date:
05/03/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
violence
There is mild violence as two characters engage in a fist fight, the scene ending with one knocking the other down a staircase. In a later scene, one character breaks a chair over another's head.
threat and horror
The film is set in a spooky mansion, a setting that could prove unsettling to younger viewers. There are scary scenes in which the central characters are directly threatened by the house's bizarre occupants, which include a menacing butler and a deranged pyromaniac.
sex
Verbal sex references are generally euphemistic, for example to "lustful sin" or "the joys of fleshly love",
additional issues
Very mild bad language includes infrequent uses of 'God' and 'hell'.
Classified Date:
26/08/1932
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Classified Date:
20/07/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sound & Media
Classified Date:
19/11/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Virgin Video
Classified date05/03/2018
LanguageEnglish
violence
There is mild violence as two characters engage in a fist fight, the scene ending with one knocking the other down a staircase. In a later scene, one character breaks a chair over another's head.
threat and horror
The film is set in a spooky mansion, a setting that could prove unsettling to younger viewers. There are scary scenes in which the central characters are directly threatened by the house's bizarre occupants, which include a menacing butler and a deranged pyromaniac.
sex
Verbal sex references are generally euphemistic, for example to "lustful sin" or "the joys of fleshly love",
additional issues
Very mild bad language includes infrequent uses of 'God' and 'hell'.
Director(s)James Whale
Production year1932
Release date27/04/2018
Genre(s)Horror, Comedy
Approx. running minutes72m
CastMelvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore, Gloria Stuart
mild violence, scary scenes, sex references
Classified Date:
05/03/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
violence
There is mild violence as two characters engage in a fist fight, the scene ending with one knocking the other down a staircase. In a later scene, one character breaks a chair over another's head.
threat and horror
The film is set in a spooky mansion, a setting that could prove unsettling to younger viewers. There are scary scenes in which the central characters are directly threatened by the house's bizarre occupants, which include a menacing butler and a deranged pyromaniac.
sex
Verbal sex references are generally euphemistic, for example to "lustful sin" or "the joys of fleshly love",
additional issues
Very mild bad language includes infrequent uses of 'God' and 'hell'.
Classified Date:
26/08/1932
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Classified Date:
20/07/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sound & Media
Classified Date:
19/11/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Virgin Video
Classified date05/03/2018
LanguageEnglish
