Mr. Sardonicus
1961 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 6.3 · 45% critics
In 1880, a respected physician is summoned to a remote European castle to treat a baron’s disfigurement. The masked host is revealed as cruel, and he threatens to harm someone close to the doctor if the cure fails.
Based on Sardonicus
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Details
- Years
- 1961
- Release date
- 1961-10-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (74 votes)
About
You’ll probably enjoy this gothic horror mix if you like old-school thrillers with audience gimmicks, like House on Haunted Hill or 13 Ghosts, and want cruelty-driven tension; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing, confusing scenarios, or horror that leans into goofiness.
Pros: gothic atmosphere; memorable grin; leechy thrills | Cons: silly nonsensical logic; uneven pacing; makeup sometimes looks off
Themes
- mask
- leech
- grave
- castle
- baron
- flashback
- torture
- masked man
- disfigured face
- disfigurement
- 19th century
Cast & crew
Ronald Lewis
as Sir Robert Cargrave
Audrey Dalton
as Maude Sardonicus
Guy Rolfe
as Baron Sardonicus
Oskar Homolka
as Krull
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Henryk Toleslawski
Erika Peters
as Elenka
- LH
Lorna Hanson
as Anna
- CC
Constance Cavendish
as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- JF
James Forrest
as Geoffery Wainwright (uncredited)
- TW
Tina Woodward
as The Girl (uncredited)
Directed by William Castle