''Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors'' is a low-budget 1967 colour scope anthology film by
David L. Hewitt
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Edgar Allan Poe
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adaptations. The similarity of its title to Amicus Productions' hit '' Dr. Terror's House of Horrors'' led to numerous enforced title changes, including ''Return from the Past'', ''The Blood Suckers'', ''Alien Massacre'', and most commonly ''Gallery of Horror'' (on-screen) and ''Gallery of Horrors'' (on packaging). It has also been released as ''The Witch's Clock'', after the first story, and the only one to feature star John Carradine, who hosts the interstitial segments. It also stars
Lon Chaney Jr.
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,
Rochelle Hudson
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Jonathan Harker
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(one of several roles played by Gentry) is revealed, in a humorous twist, to be a
werewolf
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Proclaimed by the film's posters as being the 'world's weirdest movie'.
Cast
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Lon Chaney Jr.
Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracu ...
as Dr. Mendell (as Lon Chaney)
* John Carradine as Narrator / Tristram Halbin
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