The Beast in the Cellar Backdrop Blur
The Beast in the Cellar Poster

The Beast in the Cellar

"A chill-filled festival of horror!"

Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two nearby sisters realise they might understand what's happening.

Top Cast

  • Beryl Reid

    Beryl Reid

    Ellie Ballantyne

  • Flora Robson

    Flora Robson

    Joyce Ballantyne

  • John Hamill

    John Hamill

    Alan Marlow

  • Tessa Wyatt

    Tessa Wyatt

    Nurse Sutherland

  • T. P. McKenna

    T. P. McKenna

    Det. Chief Sup. Paddick

  • Vernon Dobtcheff

    Vernon Dobtcheff

    Newsmith

  • John Kelland

    John Kelland

    Sgt. Young

  • David Dodimead

    David Dodimead

    Dr. Spencer

  • Christopher Chittell

    Christopher Chittell

    Baker

Overview

Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two nearby sisters realise they might understand what's happening.

Rating

4.9 / 10
37 Reviews
0 Popular

1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    3 Aug 4, 2015

    The negative of this film should have been confined to the cellar! Two batty old ladies have a secret in their cellar, a secret which may need to be revealed when murders start occurring around the countryside. And why are soldiers being particularly targeted? Two great British actresses in Beryl Reid and Flora Robson rock up for one of Tigon's worst films. It's not that the production is poor, because that side of it is more than decent, it's that it's an utter bore. 99% talking and literary bluffs dominate the picture to the point where when the big finale arrives, it really isn't worth the wait. Not even the introduction of the lovely Tessa Wyatt - in astute male fantasy nurse role - can perk things up. Head of Tigon, Tony Tenser, once said he only made films to make money, it's with films like this where that becomes apparent. It's hard to believe that this is the same company that produced Witchfinder General! 3/10

Trailers & Clips

Recommendations

Cheat

On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.

Cheat

6.9 2023