Movie
The House That Dripped Blood
Overview
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Details
- Release date
- 1971-02-22
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Amicus Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Christopher Lee as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- Peter Cushing as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
- Denholm Elliott as Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
- Joanna Dunham as Alice Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
- Tom Adams as Dominick / Richard (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
- Robert Lang as Psychiatrist (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
- Joss Ackland as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
- Wolfe Morris as Waxworks Proprietor (segment 2 "Waxworks")
- Nyree Dawn Porter as Ann Norton (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- Chloe Franks as Jane Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- Jon Pertwee as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
- Ingrid Pitt as Carla Lind (segment 4 "The Cloak")
Crew
- Peter Duffell - Director
- Robert Bloch - Writer
- Russ Jones - Writer
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