Basic Plot:
Three travelers - a married couple, Philip and Margaret Waverton, and their friend Roger Penderel -- have been caught in a torrential storm and, seeking shelter, find themselves as guests in the mansion of a particularly weird family. The house belongs to a man named Horace Femm, who occupies it with his mute butler Morgan, his ostensibly deaf sister Rebecca, and, we soon learn, two others: their mother, Sir Roderick ( it was originally meant to be their father but Universal changed it to a woman on the last minute 'cause they couldn't find an actor that looked so old, even without altering the name) who lives upstairs on the verge of death, and their brother Saul, who is kept locked away due to his arsonist-homicidal tendencies. Soon after, two additional stranded travelers arrive: Sir William Porterhouse, a man who lives up to his name in every way, and his mate, Gladys Perkins, a woman who is openly involved with Porterhouse purely for the money. During the night of their stay in the old, dark Femm house, these five visitors, as well as those who live in the house, will all experience the shock of change, ignited by the most repressed of the household."The Old Dark House" is actually very creepy, comparing it to "Dracula (1931)" or "The Wolf Man (1941)", that are great movies by themselves, they're not actually creepy as the "Old Dark House". I'll just say it, the movie has a creepy atmosphere that makes you feel like you're in the house as one of the guests . Aside from its creepiness, it has Boris Karloff starring, his role in this movie is great as the dumb mute butler 'cause he already had experience as a mute troglodyte on "Frankenstein (1931)". It also has Gloria Stewart on the movie, you may remember her as the old lady from "Titanic (1997)", that's what you call a long work on cinema.
The movie is awesome, and thanks to it's creepiness i'll give it a:
7.5/10
