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The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood

Horror · Mystery · 1971

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

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The House That Dripped Blood

“Vampires! Voodoo! Vixens! Victims!”

1971 Horror · Mystery 1h 42m

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6.4 / 10

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A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Peter Duffell

Written by

Robert Bloch · Russ Jones

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")

Joanna Dunham

Joanna Dunham

Alice Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")

Tom Adams

Tom Adams

Dominick / Richard (segment 1 "Method for Murder")

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Psychiatrist (segment 1 "Method for Murder")

Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")

Court is in session

Put The House That Dripped Blood on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.