Practical Effects
Genuinely claustrophobic buried-alive sequences that outclass the budget.
Production
The haunted house location—maximizing minimal sets through shadows.

Director
Lew Landers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terrified arrived right as Psycho's success flooded theaters with cheap psychological horror—this is what studios rushed out to compete.
Director Lew Landers shot this in five days between TV gigs; the 'haunted house' was literally a condemned building scheduled for demolition that week.