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Macabre

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Macabre

"As Blood-Chilling As Being Buried Alive!"

1958

1h 12m

6.0(48 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.

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10 featured cast members

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William Prince

William Prince

Dr. Rodney Barrett

Jacqueline Scott

Jacqueline Scott

Nurse Polly Baron

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Sheriff Jim Tyloe

Jonathan Kidd

Ed Quigley, mortician

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Miss Kushins

Philip Tonge

Philip Tonge

Jode Wetherby

Susan Morrow

Susan Morrow

Sylvia Stevenson

Christine White

Christine White

Nancy Wetherby

Robert Colbert

Robert Colbert

Nick, chauffeur

Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris

Alice Wetherby Barrett

Creative team

Directed by: William Castle
Written by: Robb White
Produced by: Howard W. Koch
Aubrey Schenck

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