The House That Dripped Blood
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| Directed by | Peter Duffell |
| Produced by | Milton Subotsky Max Rosenberg |
| Written by |
Robert Bloch Russ Jones |
| Starring |
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Denholm Elliott Ingrid Pitt Nyree Dawn Porter Jon Pertwee |
| Music by | Michael Dress |
| Cinematography | Ray Parslow |
| Edited by | Peter Tanner |
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| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 |
The House That Dripped Blood is a 1971 British horror anthology film directed by Peter Duffell and distributed by Amicus Productions. It stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter, Denholm Elliott, and Jon Pertwee. The film is a collection of four short stories, all originally written and subsequently scripted by Robert Bloch, linked by the protagonist of each story's association with the eponymous building. The film carries the tagline "TERROR waits for you in every room in The House That Dripped Blood."
Shortly after renting an old country house, film star Paul Henderson mysteriously disappears and Inspector Holloway (John Bennett) from Scotland Yard is called to investigate. Inquiring at the local police station, Holloway is told some of the house's history. He then contacts the estate agent (John Bryans) renting the house, who elaborates further by telling Holloway about its previous tenants.
A hack writer of horror stories (Denholm Elliott) moves into the house with his wife (Joanna Dunham) and is haunted by visions of Dominic (Tom Adams), the murderous, psychopathic central character of his latest novel.
Two friends (Peter Cushing and Joss Ackland) become fixated with a macabre waxwork museum that appears to contain a model of a lady they both knew.
A private teacher (Nyree Dawn Porter) is perturbed by the cold and severe way a widower (Christopher Lee) treats his young daughter (Chloe Franks), even forbidding her to have a doll.
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