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- BFI identifier32953
- Date1970 (Copyright)
1970-07-13 (Production)
1971-02-21 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisPolice investigating the mysterious disappearance of a famous horror film actor question the estate agent who rented him a new house and learn of its macabre history. In 'Method for Murder' a horror novelist is haunted by one of own murderous characters; in 'Waxworks' two old friends become obsessed with a wax museum that counatins a mannequin very like a woman they once both knew; in 'Sweets to the Sweet' a new private teacher becomes increasingly concerned about the young girl she's looking after; and in 'The Cloak' horror film actor Paul Henderson is possessed by a black cloack he buys from from an old shop. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFraming section and four episodes: Method for Murder, Waxworks, Sweets to the Sweet, The Cloak. The cast list divided into sections (Method for Murder, Waxworks, etc.) appears in the closing credits. The opening credits list the actors in the following order: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter, Denholm Elliott, Jon Pertwee, Joanna Dunham, Joss Ackland, John Bennett, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Bryans, Robert Lang, Wolfe Morris, John Malcolm, Carleton Hobbs, Hugh Manning, Richard Coe, Jonathan Lynn, Winifred Sabine, Bernard Hopkins, Chloe Franks, Tom Adams and Ingrid Pitt.
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- CastJohn Bennett (Detective Inspector Holloway) framework story
John Bryans (A.J. Stoker) framework story
John Malcolm (Police Sergeant Martin) framework story
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Title
The House That Dripped Blood (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/3BF4-E938-FFD5-6FE6-2B2C-OCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Revised screenplay - SCR-9783
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-32953
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view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Polish poster dated 1972 - PD-22253
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Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2788649
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Photograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-2788651
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Work - 32953 - 1970 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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