
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house and its tragic previous tenants: 1) A hack novelist encounters a strangler who's the villain of his books, leading his wife to question his sanity, 2) Two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woman from their past, 3) A little girl with a stern, widowed father displays an interest in witchcraft, and 4) An arrogant horror film actor purchases a black cloak which gives him a vampire's... (Full plot summary below)
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A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house and its tragic previous tenants: 1) A hack novelist encounters a strangler who's the villain of his books, leading his wife to question his sanity, 2) Two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woman from their past, 3) A little girl with a stern, widowed father displays an interest in witchcraft, and 4) An arrogant horror film actor purchases a black cloak which gives him a vampire's powers.
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| Birth.Movies.Death.Brian CollinsWhat I liked most about this last segment is how it directly tied into the wraparounds, as opposed to being "just another story". |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonRobert Bloch, the author of Psycho, uses the framework of a haunted house to connect four stories involving (as the original tagline blared) "Vampires! Voodoo! Vixens! Victims!" |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThe first thing that should be noted about The House That Dripped Blood is that no blood is dripped. Knowing this will perhaps save disappointment along the way. |
| Cleveland PressTony MastroianniMatters get more mysterious and funny before it is all over. It's enough to make the movie worth seeing. |
| sbs.isStefan Birgir StefanssonThere are other, much better Amicus anthology films out there... |
| Film Freak CentralBill ChambersCushing, Lee, and Pitt's dirty-pillows are memorable as always, but only the Lee section fully coheres |
| Time OutTom MilneThree of the episodes are rough-and-ready but vigorous Grand Guignol fun. |
| New York TimesRoger GreenspunMoves in many directions, but never too far from the mechanics of the high school play. |
| User ReviewBill TThis movie was amazing. It was probably the best anthology movie I have seen yet. The movie has four short plots to it: 1) "Method for Murder", 2) "Waxworks", 3) "Sweets For The Sweet", and 4) "The Cloak. The cast, which is greatly assembled, consists of Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Jon Pertwee. The acting in this movie is actually really good and each story is equally creepy and fun. My favourite story out of the four is either "Waxworks" starring Peter Cushing or "Sweets for the Sweet" starring Christopher Lee. What I really liked about each story is that none of them had a happy ending for any of the characters. The entire movie was well thought out and thoroughly enjoyable. It is perfects for a stormy night and I reccommend it to classic horror fans and anthology fans. |
| User ReviewGail MA nice little horror anthology all set around the same house. Each story is different and yet all of them are pretty creepy despite the lack of blood, tho the last one has a touch of comedy. The atmosphere of this movie is just right and it is all well acted - just how horror movies should be. My fave line tho was Jon Pertwee bemoaning 'modern' horror movies and stating "Not like the old ones, the great ones. Frankenstein. Phantom of the Opera. Dracula - the one with Bela Lugosi of course, not this new fellow" - Christopher Lee having been in the previous story of this movie! |