The Door with Seven Locks

The Door with Seven Locks

Directed by Norman Lee

Produced by John Argyle Productions

194080 min6.3 / 10

A Gothic thriller built on inheritance intrigue and systematic murder, where a mad doctor uses elaborate mechanical traps to eliminate heirs to a fortune locked in a tomb.

A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad doctor uses an iron maiden to systematically eliminate the heirs to the fortune.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Door with Seven Locks scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does The Door with Seven Locks end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is The Door with Seven Locks violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is The Door with Seven Locks easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Door with Seven Locks sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

42/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity22

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Surprise80

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Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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