Torture Garden

Torture Garden

Do You Dare See What Dr. Diabolo Sees?

1967 · 100 min · ★ 6.2 · Horror

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.

Directed by Freddie Francis · Written by Robert Bloch

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