Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this enjoyable outing from Universal. They're called to an isolated mansion where several older men from a private organization gather and are beginning to get killed off, one by one. The only clue is that, just before each member is due to die, he receives an envelope containing a number of orange seeds ("pips") which mean certain death. Scotland Yard's Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) enters the scene to lend his services.
THE HOUSE OF FEAR worked very well and held my interest throughout. A very satisfying thing is that the ending (which I will not reveal, of course) made many things come together for me after I had spent some time doubting certain things could have possibly happened the way they did.
THE HOUSE OF FEAR worked very well and held my interest throughout. A very satisfying thing is that the ending (which I will not reveal, of course) made many things come together for me after I had spent some time doubting certain things could have possibly happened the way they did.