---
title: 'The Dunwich Horror (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Daniel Haller'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dunwich-horror-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065669/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dunwich Horror (1970)

1970 · 90 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Dunwich Horror is a 1970 American supernatural horror film directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ed Begley. A loose adaptation of the novella of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft, the film concerns a young female graduate student who is targeted by a man attempting to use her in an occult ritual taken from the Necronomicon. The screenplay was co-written by Curtis Hanson, while Roger Corman served as an executive producer on the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Daniel Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-haller)
- **Screenplay:** [Curtis Hanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/curtis-hanson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Les Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/les-baxter)
- **Producer:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman), [Samuel Z. Arkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-z-arkoff), [James H. Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-h-nicholson)

## Cast

- [Talia Shire](https://cinepixo.com/people/talia-shire)
- [Jason Wingreen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-wingreen)
- [Ed Begley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-begley)
- [Sam Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-jaffe)
- [Dean Stockwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-stockwell)
- [Lloyd Bochner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-bochner)
- [Sandra Dee](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-dee)
- [Michael Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-fox)

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