The Cat and the Canary
A CHILL-AND-CHUCKLE CHASE!...A FORTUNE AT STAKE AND A MONSTER AT LARGE!
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A spirited 1939 dark comedy that blends murder-mystery intrigue with slapstick humor, using a haunted mansion and escaped maniac to generate both scares and laughs.
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
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