The Terror is a 1963 American horror film produced by Roger Corman. It was also released as Lady of the Shadows, The Castle of Terror and The Haunting.
Although credited to Corman, parts of the film were shot by Francis Ford Coppola, Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, and Jack Nicholson. Corman shot footage of Karloff and other actors walking across the sets and downstairs with the belief that he would be able to make sense of them later. In the next thre...
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The Terror is a 1963 American horror film produced by Roger Corman. It was also released as Lady of the Shadows, The Castle of Terror and The Haunting.
Although credited to Corman, parts of the film were shot by Francis Ford Coppola, Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, and Jack Nicholson. Corman shot footage of Karloff and other actors walking across the sets and downstairs with the belief that he would be able to make sense of them later. In the next three days Coppola, Helman and Hill all tried to do something. Nicholson, who was keen to get directing experience himself, also took a turn behind the camera.
In the early 1990s, actor Dick Miller, who plays Karloff's major domo, was hired to shoot new scenes to use as a framing sequence for an oversea's version of The Terror. Under this scheme, the main action of the film is presented in flashback. Today, the film is in the public domain because of missing copyright indication.
Leftover sets from other AIP films were used when shooting the film,...
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