The House That Dripped Blood (Original title)
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 13 July 1970 (Production), 21 February 1971 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Peter Duffell
Synopsis: Police 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.
Genres: Horror, Anthology
Subjects: Vampires, Wax museums
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9108 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 31 August 2003Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 13 July 1970 (Production), 21 February 1971 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Peter Duffell
Synopsis: Police 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.
Genres: Horror, Anthology
Subjects: Vampires, Wax museums
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9108 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 31 August 2003Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(44)
©: Inc. Cinerama, An Amicus production: Amicus Productions, Executive Producer: Paul Ellsworth, Executive Producer: Gordon Wescourt, Produced by: Max J. Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky, Production Manager: Teresa Bolland, Production Secretary: Ann Thrift, 1st Assistant Director: Peter Beale, 2nd Assistant Director: Adrian Hughes, 2nd Assistant Director: Mike Higgins, Continuity: Phyllis Townsend, Casting Director: Ronald Curtis, Written by: Robert Bloch, Director of Photography: Ray Parslow, Camera Operator: Gerry Anstiss, Focus Puller: Peter Ewens, Clapper Loader: Tom Samuels, Stills Cameraman: John Brown, Editor: Peter Tanner, 1st Assistant Editor: Tom Cornwall, 2nd Assistant Editor: Rodney Glenn, Art Director: Tony Curtis, Set Dresser: Fred Carter, Draughtsman: Tom Goswell, Draughtsman: David Minty, Scenic Artist: Peter Wood, Wardrobe: Laurel Staffel, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hairdresser: Joyce James, Titles by: G.S.E. Ltd., Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, Music Composed and Conducted by: Michael Dress, [Production] Sound Mixer: Ken Ritchie, Sound Camera Operator: John Cook, Boom Operator: Jack Davis, Sound Maintenance Engineer: Fred Stoneham, Dubbing Editor: Michael Redbourn, 1st Assistant Dubbing Editor: Oliver Waterlow, Dubbing Mixer: Nolan Roberts, Assistant Dubbing Mixer: Paddy Cunningham, Publicity: Lily Poyser, Produced at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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John Bennett (Detective Inspector Holloway), John Bryans (A.J. Stoker), John Malcolm (Police Sergeant Martin), Denholm Elliott (Charles Hillyer), Joanna Dunham (Alice Hillyer), Tom Adams (Dominick, 'Richard'), Robert Lang (psychiatrist), Peter Cushing (Philip Grayson), Joss Ackland (Neville Rogers), Wolfe Morris (Jacquelin, waxworks proprietor), Christopher Lee (John Reid), Nyree Dawn Porter (Ann Norton), Chloe Franks (Jane Reid), Jon Pertwee (Paul Henderson), Ingrid Pitt (Carla), Geoffrey Bayldon (Theo Von Hartmann), Carleton Hobbs, Hugh Manning, Richard Coe, Jonathan Lynn, Winifred Sabine, Bernard Hopkins