Hammer House of Horror Episode 5

The House That Bled to Death

Jack Gill Presents “Hammer House of Horror” Copyright MCMLXXX
Chips Productions Limited. 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.

A Jack Gill Presentation for Chips Productions Ltd.
A Cinema Arts International Production in association with Hammer Films for ITC Entertainment – An OCC company.

Uk Transmission Date 11 Oct 1980

Storyline

After buying it for a good price, a couple and their young daughter move into a house that was the scene of a macabre murder. A series of terrifying events eventually force them to flee for their lives, but all is not as it seems.

Crew


Function	Credited	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Assistant Art Director	Richard Rooker	1944		77	13
Assistant Art Director	Bob Bell	21 Mar 1918	6 Jun 2009	91	13
Camera Operator	David Monro	24 Oct 1942		78	4
Casting Director	Eileen Garstka				13
Continuity	Marjorie Lavelly	12 Apr 1921	22 Sep 2006	85	8
Costume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale				35
Designer	Carolyn Scott				23
Director	Tom Clegg	16 Oct 1934	27 Jul 2016	81	2
Director of Photography	Norman Warwick BSc	14 Jul 1920	26 Aug 1994	74	5
Dubbing Editor	Jack Night GBFE	9 Aug 1930	7 Nov 1993	63	13
Dubbing Editor	Brian Tilling	1929	19 Jan 2011	82	13
Dubbing Mixer	Otto Snel	1937		84	11
Editor	Bob Dearberg	3 Feb 1939	8 May 2017	78	9
Executive Producer	David Reid	1 Mar 1938		83	13
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	1920	2004	84	25
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	12 Nov 1914	2003	89	13
Hairdresser	Betty Sherriff	29 Sep 1925	2000	74	10
Make-up	Alan Brownie	1923	21 Feb 2012	89	4
Music Editor	Maurice Durham	23 Dec 1909	24 Jul 2002	92	12
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	6 Oct 1907	11 Aug 1993	85	103
Producer	Roy Skeggs	1 Apr 1934	29 Dec 2018	84	45
Production Assistant	Mike Widd				12
Production Assistant	Margaret Nicholas				13
Production Manager	Ron Jackson				34
Screenplay	David Lloyd	3 Jan 1948		72	1
Sound Recordist	Stuart Edwards				4
Special Effects	Ian Scoones	20 Feb 1940	20 Jan 2010	69	13
Story Editor	Anthony Read	21 Apr 1935	21 Nov 2015	80	14

Cast


Character	Credited	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
1st Mother	Jo Warne	2 Jan 1938	13 Jan 2017	79	1
2nd Mother	Sarah Keller				1
A.J.Powers	Milton Johns	13 May 1938		82	1
Emma	Rachel Davies				1
George	Brian Croucher	23 Jan 1942		79	1
Jean	Pat Maynard	16 Feb 1942		79	1
Journalist	Anna Perry				1
Journalist	Max Mason	12 Apr 1940	12 Feb 2015	74	1
Old Man	George Tovey	8 Mar 1914	1 Jan 1982	67	1
Old Woman	Una Brandon-Jones	24 Apr 1916	22 Dec 2010	94	1
Sister	Marilyn Finlay	1 Jan 1946	1 Nov 2016	70	1
Sophia	Emma Ridley	10 May 1972		48	1
Sophia (older)	Joanne White				1
William	Nicholas Ball	11 Apr 1946		74	1

Footnotes

In 2003 Channel 4 placed Hammer House of Horror at No. 50 in its “100 Scariest Moments” show. The clip shown was the children’s party scene in “The House That Bled to Death”.

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