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The House That Dripped Blood (1971), Director: Peter Duffell, rated PG

Vampires! Voodoo! Vixens! Victims! Terror waits for you in every room in...

Film ClipStarring: Denholm Elliott, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Jon Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt, Robert Lang, Joss Ackland, Wolfe Morris, Nyree Dawn Porter, John Bryans, John Bennett, Joanna Dunham

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"That's what's wrong with the present day horror films. There's no realism. Not like the old ones, the great ones. Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, Dracula - the one with Bela Lugosi, of course, not this new fellow." - veteran actor, Paul Henderson

Why watch this? This is a fine macabre film about a house that loves to possess its occupants.

Plot Summary: This anthology horror movie featuring four distinct tales tied together by the eponymous house. A Scotland Yard investigator delves into the history of the house, looking into the mysterious disappearances of its previous residents. The stories involve a horror writer whose fictional killer comes to life, two men obsessed with a wax figure, a young girl with a sinister secret, and a horror actor who discovers a real vampire cloak.

Dad's Preview: I do enjoy a good haunted house film. Here four tales are interwoven solely on one fact, as Scotland Yard detectives learn, the occupants all lived at the same address. Each tale, though completely unique, takes place in the haunted abode. Aside from four engrossing horror snip-its, we get to witness Britain's finest actors in stories of extreme terror. That's a good thing.


Amicus Productions; Cinerama Releasing Corp.

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