Torture Garden

About Torture Garden

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr Diabolo, to warn people of foreseeable evil. One by one, skeptics stand before the Fate Atropos to preview the greed and violence hiding behind their respectable façades.

Torture Garden is a 1967 horror film directed by Freddie Francis. At 100 minutes long, it arrived in November 1967.

The film is filed under anthology, greed, carnival, and destiny.

Burgess Meredith takes the lead as Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story), Jack Palance as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe"), Beverly Adams as Carla Hayes (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood"), and Peter Cushing as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe"). The screenplay is by Robert Bloch. In the United States it streams on fuboTV and TCM.

Freaks, Casino, and Ready or Not make useful companions to Torture Garden, all filed under murder and sideshow. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 87 votes.