Torture Garden (film)

Torture Garden
Torture Garden
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Freddie Francis
Written by	Robert Bloch
Based on	short stories by Bloch: "Enoch", "The Man Who Collected Poe", "Terror Over Hollywood", "Mr Steinway"
Produced by	Max Rosenberg; Milton Subotsky
Starring	Jack Palance; Burgess Meredith; Beverly Adams; Peter Cushing
Cinematography	Norman Warwick
Edited by	Peter Elliott
Music by	Don Banks; James Bernard
Production; company	Amicus Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	10 November 1967 (UK); 6 September 1968 (US);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$500,000

Torture Garden is a 1967 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Burgess Meredith, Jack Palance, Michael Ripper, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Maurice Denham, Ursula Howells, Michael Bryant and Barbara Ewing.^[2] The score was a collaboration between Hammer horror regulars James Bernard and Don Banks.

Made by Amicus Productions, it is one of producer Milton Subotsky's trademark "portmanteau" films, an omnibus of short stories (in this case all by Psycho author Robert Bloch, who adapted his own work for the screenplay) linked by a single narrative. Freddie Francis said Martin Scorsese wanted him to make a film about the life of Edgar Allan Poe because he so admired Torture Garden.^[3]

^ 'The Rabbi Rises: More About Movie Matters' By A. H. Weiler. New York Times 29 Jan 1967: 91.
^ "Torture Garden". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Interview with Freddie Francis". British Entertainment History Project. 1993–1994.

[1] 'The Rabbi Rises: More About Movie Matters' By A. H. Weiler. New York Times 29 Jan 1967: 91.

[BFIsearch-2] "Torture Garden". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[francis-3] "Interview with Freddie Francis". British Entertainment History Project. 1993–1994.

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