Hammer House of Horror Episode 10

Guardian of the Abyss

© 1984 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, All rights reserved

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herin are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely co-incidental.

Produced by Hammer Film Productions Limited

UK Transmission Date 15 Nov 1980

Storyline

Michael Roberts joins his friend Laura Stephens at an auction and talks her out of selling her newly-acquired mirror to a mysterious man who seems excessively eager to have it. When Michael takes it from her to have it appraised, its occult powers put him in the path of Allison, who has just run away from a secret society that wants to sacrifice her in order to conjure up a powerful devil.
The head of this society is Charles Randolph, an evil hypnotist whom Michael will find extremely dangerous.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Art Director	Bob Bell	62	21 Mar 1918		6 Jun 2009	91	13		13
Ast. Art Director	Richard Rooker	36	1 Jan 1944	01.01.1944		79	13		13
Ast. Director	David Munro	38	24 Oct 1942	24.10.1942		81	4	1	5
Camera Operator	Chic (Rodney) Anstiss	49	1 Feb 1931		30 Jun 2011	80	12		12
Casting Director	Eileen Garstka						13		13
Continuity	Marjorie Lavelly	59	12 Apr 1921		22 Sep 2006	85	8		8
Costume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale						35		35
Designer	Carolyn Scott						23		23
Director	Don Sharp	59	19 Apr 1921		14 Dec 2011	90	4		4
Director of Photog.	Norman Warwick BSc	60	14 Jul 1920		26 Aug 1994	74	5		5
Dubbing Editor	Brian Tilling	51	1 Jan 1929		19 Feb 2011	82	13		13
Dubbing Editor	Jack Knight	50	9 Aug 1930		7 Nov 1993	63	15		15
Dubbing Editor	Peter Best						7		7
Dubbing Mixer	Otto Snel	42	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	11	4	15
Editor	Chris Barnes	42	1 Jan 1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21	12	33
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	60	1920		2004	84	25		25
Executive Producer	David Reid	42	1 Mar 1938	01.03.1938		85	13		13
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	66	12 Nov 1914		2003	88	13	14	27
Hairdresser	Betty Sherriff	55	29 Sep 1925		2000	74	10		10
Make-up	Alan Brownie	57	1 Jan 1923		21 Feb 2012	89	4		4
Music Composer	John McCabe	41	21 Apr 1939		13 Feb 2015	75	6		6
Music Editor	Marcel Durham	60	21 Jun 1920		Apr 2000	79	12		12
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	73	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Roy Skeggs	46	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Production Ast.	Mike Widd						12		12
Production Ast.	Margaret Nicholas						13		13
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	45	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Screenplay	David Fisher	51	13 Apr 1929		10 Jan 2018	88	3		3
Sound Recordist	Stuart Edwards						4		4
Special Effects	Ian Scoones	40	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Story Editor	Anthony Read	45	21 Apr 1935		21 Nov 2015	80	14		14
Uncredited
Production Runner	Callum McDougall							13	13

Cast


Character	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
							Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Girl	Sophie Thompson	18	20 Jan 1962	20.01.1962		60	1		1
2nd Girl	Sharon Fussey						1		1
Alison	Rosalyn Landor	22	7 Oct 1958	07.10.1958		64	2		2
Andrews	Paul Darrow	39	2 May 1941		3 Jun 2019	78	1		1
Auctioneer	Barry McDonald						1		1
Charles Randolf	John Carson	53	28 Feb 1927		5 Nov 2016	89	4		4
Michael Roberts	Ray Lonnen	40	18 May 1940		11 Jul 2014	74	1		1
Tina	Caroline Langrishe	22	10 Jan 1958	10.01.1958		64	1		1
Uncredited
Laura	Barbara Ewing	41	14 Jan 1939	14.01.1939		83	1	1	2

Footnotes

Rosalyn Landor’s first film was Hammer’s “The Devil Rides out” (1968).

John Carson played Dr Marcus in Hammer’s “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter” (1974).

Sophie Thompson played the girlfriend in “Torville & Mr Bean” (1995).

Details were complied viewing the Episode.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection