Amicus Films

And Now the Screaming Starts – 1974

An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
91 Mins

Storyline

England, 1795: the young Catherine has just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. She becomes the victim of an old curse that lays on the family. On her wedding night she is raped by a ghost and gets pregnant.

Hammer Connections – 20


Role	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Amicus Credits	Hammer Credits
CREW - 8
Assistant Director	Derek Whitehurst	46	2 Oct 1928		6 Dec 2005	77	1	16
Camera Operator	John Harris	49	15 May 1925		3 Jul 2012	87	4	2
Chief Hairdresser	Mibs Parker						3	8
Conductor	Douglas Gamley	50	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	16	3
Continuity	Betty Harley						2	6
Director	Roy Ward Baker	57	19 Dec 1916		5 Oct 2010	93	3	8
Music	Douglas Gamley	50	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	16	3
Wardrobe Supervisor	Betty Adamson						1	1
CAST - 12
Aunt Edith	Gillian Lind	70	25 Aug 1904		25 Oct 1983	79	1	1
Bridget	Janet Key	29	10 Jul 1945		26 Jul 1992	47	1	2
Catherine Fengriffen	Stephanie Beacham	27	28 Feb 1947	28.02.1947	Formula	76	1	1
Dr. Pope	Peter Cushing	61	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	16	24
Dr. Whittle	Patrick Magee	52	31 Mar 1922		14 Aug 1982	60	4	1
Henry Fengriffen	Herbert Lom	57	11 Sep 1917		27 Sep 2012	95	2	3
Henry's Friend	John Sharp	54	5 Aug 1920		26 Nov 1992	72	1	5
Maitland	Guy Rolfe	62	27 Dec 1911		19 Oct 2003	91	1	2
Mrs. Luke	Rosalie Crutchley	54	4 Jan 1920		28 Jul 1997	77	1	2
Servant	Frank Forsyth	68	19 Dec 1905		2 May 1984	78	10	3
Sir John Westcliff	Lloyd Lamble	60	8 Feb 1914		17 Mar 2008	94	1	3
With	Blake Butler	32	22 Oct 1942		15 Apr 1981	38	1	1

Footnotes

Filmed at the previous home of Hammer Films, Oakley Court.

Peter Cushing (Dr. Pope) and Herbert Lom (Sir Henry Fengriffin) both played Professor Van Helsing in films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula: Cushing in Dracula(1958), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) and The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and Lom in Count Dracula (1970). Cushing also played the role in The Brides of Dracula (1960) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974).

Original Film Poster
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Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection