I can't see Tom Poston without thinking of George Utley, the handyman in the Newhart show. He is the poker faced protagonist in this silly tongue in cheek horror film. He is asked to go to the mansion of the Femm family and soon realizes he is in sort of snake pit. Everyone is seemingly crazy, possessed by various demons. He becomes a plaything and manages to escape time after time. I won't go into all the goofy plot stuff. Instead I will compliment the producers in their creation of an amazing setting, filled with items of every kind. There's even an ark which has been in the works for twenty years. There is no gratuitous violence, though bodies abound. I just chanced on this and got a kick out of it.
Review of The Old Dark House
