Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Year: 1984

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: English

HorrorComedyHorror

Six scientists travel to Headstone Manor to study an unexplained phenomenon at the site of a historic massacre that claimed 18 guests in one night. They soon discover the manor houses a Satanic cult led by a monk, who intends to murder the intruding scientists as they are trapped in house of Satan, turning investigation into a fight for survival.

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In the shadow of a crumbling estate known to locals as the House of Death, history and rumor intertwine. Once a weekend retreat and summer camp, Headstone Manor bears the lingering echo of a night when eighteen guests vanished in a single, inexplicable instant. The manor’s isolated stone walls and overgrown grounds have since become a magnet for strange, almost radioactive whispers that drift through the trees, inviting anyone daring enough to probe the unknown.

Into this brooding backdrop arrives a small band of researchers drawn by the lure of the inexplicable. Leading the expedition is Lukas Mandeville, a former German surgeon whose once‑glittering career now fuels a sardonic curiosity about the paranormal. At his side works Barbara Coyle, a pragmatic scientist whose methodical approach clashes—and occasionally clicks—with Mandeville’s more unhinged instincts. Together they assemble a handful of specialists, each bringing a distinct expertise, yet all sharing a common fascination with the manor’s odd readings and the promise of discovery hidden beneath its soot‑stained façade.

Beneath the academic veneer, the estate conceals a darker, more ritualistic pulse. An enigmatic figure known only as the Sinister Man—Vincent Price—presides over a secluded order that has made the manor its sanctum. The presence of this ancient, cloaked monk hints at a grim purpose that hangs heavy in the stale air, turning a scientific inquiry into a perilous test of wits and will. As the team sets up their equipment, the line between observation and survival begins to blur, casting the manor’s oppressive silence into a stage for unsettling, otherworldly tension.

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