Amicus Films
Madhouse 1974
An Amicus Production
Produced at Twickenham Film Studios
92 Mins
Storyline
Horror movie actor Paul Toombes, famous for playing “Dr. Death,” suffers a nervous breakdown before going to England to do a TV series. Cast and crew members start dying the way characters did in Toombes’ old movies.
Hammer Connections – 15
| Role | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Amicus Credits | Hammer Credits | |
| CREW - 7 | ||||||||
| Chief Hairdresser | Helen Lennox | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Chief Make-up Artist | George Blackler | 62 | 7 Mar 1912 | 30 Oct 1986 | 74 | 3 | 7 | |
| Conductor | Douglas Gamley | 50 | 24 Sep 1924 | 5 Feb 1998 | 73 | 16 | 3 | |
| Continuity | Lorna Selwyn | 66 | 1908 | 2002 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Make-Up Artist | George Blackler | 62 | 7 Mar 1912 | 30 Oct 1986 | 74 | 3 | 7 | |
| Music | Douglas Gamley | 50 | 24 Sep 1924 | 5 Feb 1998 | 73 | 16 | 3 | |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Dulcie Midwinter | 64 | 7 Feb 1910 | 1 Oct 1997 | 87 | 1 | 4 | |
| CAST - 8 | ||||||||
| Alfred Peters | Ellis Dale | 44 | 5 May 1930 | 14 Oct 1991 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
| Elizabeth Peters | Linda Hayden | 21 | 19 Jan 1953 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Faye Carstairs Flay | Adrienne Corri | 42 | 13 Nov 1931 | 13 Mar 2016 | 84 | 1 | 4 | |
| Herbert Flay | Peter Cushing | 61 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 16 | 24 | |
| Julia Wilson | Natasha Pyne | 28 | 9 Jul 1946 | 76 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Psychiatrist | Peter Halliday | 50 | 2 Jun 1924 | 18 Feb 2012 | 87 | 1 | 1 | |
| Reporter | Michael Craze | 31 | 29 Nov 1942 | 7 Dec 1998 | 56 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Dulcie Midwinter | 64 | 7 Feb 1910 | Oct 1997 | 87 | 1 | 4 |
Footnotes
Peter Cushing dresses as Dracula, an in-joke reference: he frequently played Van Helsing in Hammer’s Dracula series.
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Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection