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The House That Dripped Blood | Year: 1971 Classification: Horror Directed: - Peter Duffell Actors/Actresses: - John Bryans - John Bennett This House doesn't have a solid foundation Sadly, The House That Dripped Blood doesn't have a very solid foundation. The termites of time have chewed away at the film's frame and the result is a film that sags when it should chill. Before you give me a "not helpful vote" hear me out.<BR>I'm very fond of the low-budget but crisply directed series of films that Amicus productions released during the 70's. Unfortunately, The House That Dripped Blood isn't one of their better titles. Stick with the imaginative Asylum and Tales From The Crypt. Both these anthology films are much bolder and better made than this entry. House comes off looking like an English knock-off of Night Gallery. While there's a very good cast buried in this film, the writing by original Psycho scripe Robert Bloch doesn't sever them very well. Denholm Elliot (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Jon Pertwee (Dr. Who)and Ingrid Pitt do their best given the material but there isn't much here to begin with. Bloch's script has no teeth and the direction is on a par with very average 1970's television programs. It's a pity. The framing story for this anthology promised much more than it could deliver. A famous horror film actor (Jon Pertwee)has disappeared and one of Scotland Yard's finest is sent down to refer on the case. It turns out that the house where the actor was staying has a curse on it. Horror things happen to everyone that has rented it from A. J. Stoker (in an all too obvious tip of the hat to Bram Stoker and Dracula). The first tale starts promisingly enough. A writer (Denholm Elliot)suffering from writer's block is hoping to jump-start his new novel about a strangler with a change of scenery. His wife doesn't care for the place but it suits the writer's personality to a tee. Fiction intrudes on reality when the writer begins seeing the murderer from his novel everywhere. His wife doesn't see anything. When the writer nearly strangles his wife, she insists that he seek help. Needless to say, things end badly. The second tale involves a retired stockbroker (Peter Cushing giving a solid performance as always). He rents the house for the isolation and escape from the real world. He discovers a wax museum which would have seemed at home in the film House of Wax. He log>DVD Buy The House That Dripped Blood at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The House That Dripped Blood Search with the Priority Search Engine on The House That Dripped Blood This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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