Fresh
Three of the episodes are rough-and-ready but vigorous Grand Guignol fun.
Tom Milne, Time Out
The House That Dripped Blood
Vampires! Voodoo! Vixens! Victims!
1971 · 1h 42m · GP
Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Peter Duffell
Overview
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Director and cast
- Peter Duffell Director
- Christopher Lee as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- Peter Cushing as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
- Nyree Dawn Porter as Ann Norton (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- Denholm Elliott as Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
- Jon Pertwee as Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak")
- Joanna Dunham as Alice Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
- Joss Ackland as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
- John Bennett as Detective Inspector Holloway
- Chloe Franks as Jane Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- Tom Adams as Dominick / Richard (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The latter two stories, though necessarily too short and too schematic, generate some interest, and humor, and even a bit of characterization.
Roger Greenspun, New York Times
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