Actor Clive Revill has passed away earlier this month, at the age of 94. While he has appeared in a few horror films in his long career, such as The Headless Ghost (1959), Bunny Lake is Missing (1965), and even C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989), he did appear in a film that think is one of the greatest haunted house movies ever made. While it doesn’t top Robert Wise’s The Haunting (1963), John Hough’s 1973 film The Legend of Hell House, based on the novel from Richard Matheson, comes damn close. Revill played the condescending Dr. Barrett, so sure of himself that he doesn’t even entertain any notion or idea that disagrees with his theories. Working alongside Roddy McDowall and Pamela Franklin, they create such tension between their characters, even though they all have the same goal. But it is their performances that make the film so special. And Revill was very much a part of that.

Our thoughts go out to his friends and family during this difficult time. But I know that, like the ghosts wandering around the Belasco House, he will live on in his wonderful performances that he left us. In Hell House, as well as the countless others in his 200 appearances. Rest in Peace.