The House That Dripped Blood

[amphiboid]

I grabbed this the other day. I never had a chance to see it before (it was hard to find for a while), and by golly, this is a fun one!

Anyone like this? I thought it was better than the other Amicus horror films...

[Xenorama ™]

i haven't seen it- is this the one with the hall of razor blades? what's the plot?

[stareater]

I just ordered a copy last week, still waiting for it to arrive. Another Amicus anthology in a long line including Dr. Terror's House of Horrors and Asylum. I enjoyed Dr. Terror, and have yet to see the latter, but many say Asylum was the best of the bunch. I haven't seen From Beyond the Grave, Torture Garden, or Vault of Horror yet, and amazingly haven't seen Tales From the Crypt in its entirety. The Monster Club was Amicus' last and weakest, by all accounts.

[amphiboid]

I liked "Asylum," too, that was good. "House That Dripped Blood" is about a house that has a strange reputation for apparently killing its renters. Is the house haunted, or is it all a bizarre coincidence? (It doesn't stay absolutely true to its concept, actually: The Peter Cushing episode is really about a museum situated down the street from the house, and doesn't really involve the house itself...but ahhh, who cares?)

Didn't see "The Monster Club," but I would like to, just for the sake of thoroughness.

[stareater]

Finally had a chance to watch House That Dripped Blood, and enjoyed it. I found the third story with Christopher Lee to be weakest, and the Peter Cushing vignette to be the best. The Denholm Elliot opener was cool up until the used-before plot twist, and the vampire bit with John Pertwee was fun, especially for his pairing with the extra-voluptuous Ingrid Pitt. ;D

[Zone Fighter]

The House That Dripped Blood (1970)

John Bryans - A.J. Stoker
John Bennett - Detective Inspector. Holloway
John Malcolm - Seargent Martin

Method For Murder
Denholm Elliott - Charles Hillyer
Joanna Dunham - Alice Hillyer
Robert Lang - Dr. Andrews
Tom Adams - Dominic

Waxworks
Peter Cushing - Philip Grayson
Joss Ackland - Neville Rogers
Wolfe Morris - Waxworks Proprietor

Sweets to the Sweet
Christopher Lee - John Reid
Chloe Franks - Jane Reid
Nyree Dawn Porter - Ann Norton

The Cloak
Jon Pertwee - Paul Henderson
Ingrid Pitt - Carla Lynde
Geoffrey Bayldon - Theo von Hartmann

A Scotland Yard inspector's search for a missing film star leads him to an old house which serves as the main setting for four tales of the macbre, told to the inspector by the real estate agent. In Method For Murder an author starts seeing his own actor, an insane strangler, around the house. In Waxworks two men who both loved the same woman, now dead, are fascinated by a waxwork figure which resembles her. Sweets to the Sweet (odd title) features a father who seems to treat his young daughter badly, and a tutor who doesn't understand why. In The Cloak (my favorite) a horror movie actor, working on a vampire movie, buys a cloak which onced belonged to a vampire and when he wears it he becomes a vampire.

The DVD includes an interview with producer Max Rosenberg and an eastergg of other film trailers. To the bottom right of the main menu is a Lions Gate Films Inc. logo, highlight it and press enter to get the trailers.

I rented this DVD but if I come across it real cheap I may buy it, just for the Jon Pertwee portion. He got this role before becoming the Doctor in Doctor Who. He dresses similarly in both parts. According to the IMDb Vincent Price was originally offered the role of Paul Henderson. I think it would have been very different with him in the part. Frankly, I'm glad Pertwee got it. He gave it just enough humor.

I have not seen the other Amicus films.