Torture Garden/Fun Facts

• When this movie was shown in 1967 one of the promos was a pack of torture garden seeds given to patrons as they entered the theater. The seeds were actually grass seeds.

• Despite being present from opening and also top billed, Jack Palance does not speak until 75 minutes into the film.

• Columbia financed this film and insisted that two American actors be cast. Therefore, the initial casting of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee was changed to that of Jack Palance and Burgess Meredith.

• Barbara Ewing receives an "introducing" credit.

• The film was released in the U.S. as the top half of a double feature with Trog (1970), which was Joan Crawford's final final. Both films were directed by Freddie Francis.

• Robert Hutton (Bruce Benton) and Peter Cushing (Lancelot Canning) died only four days apart: Hutton on August 7, 1994 and Cushing on August 11, 1994.