Shown on the Horror channel last night, the British anthology feature, The House That Dripped Blood, starred the newly cast Third Doctor actor, Jon Pertwee (pictured in a similar costume, as Paul Henderson); cinema Doctor, Peter Cushing (as Philip Grayson); and future 'Unbound' Time Lord, Geoffrey Bayldon (as Von Hartmann).
Released in 1971, the film consisted of four linked short stories, all scripted by Robert Bloch - the famous writer of Psycho (1960). Here, a Scotland Yard detective investigates four mysteries, all centred on the eponymous building.
Distributed by Amicus, the movie was produced by Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky - the co-producers of the two Dalek films of the 1960's - and also featured the following 'classic' Doctor Who actors:
- John Bryans (Stoker) played Torvin in The Creature from the Pit (opposite Bayldon as Organon)
- for John Bennett (DI Holloway) see the Sleeping Murder blog
- Tom Adams (Dominick/Richard) was Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep
- for Ingrid Pitt (pictured, as Carla) see the Where Eagles Dare blog
- Richard Coe (Talmadge) was the TV Announcer in The Executioners episode of The Chase
- Wolfe Morris (Proprietor) was Padmasambhava in The Abominable Snowmen
- Roy Evans (Hunchback) was Trantis in The Daleks' Master Plan, Bert in The Green Death, and a Miner in The Monster of Peladon
- for Joanna Lumley (Crew girl) see my first blog for The New Avengers
The House That Dripped Blood is one of my all time fave portmanteauh horror movies. All the stories were great, plus the framing story. And love the Jon Pertwee vampire story, and the brilliant way in which they got the balance right between being scary and being facetious. Pity they don't make 'em like this anymore.
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