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 | 01.01.1944 | 77 | 13 | |
| Assistant Art Director | Bob Bell | 21 Mar 1918 | 6 Jun 2009 | 91 | 13 | |
| Camera Operator | David Monro | 24 Oct 1942 | 24.10.1942 | 79 | 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 | 7 Dec 1937 | 07.12.1937 | 84 | 11 | |
| Editor | Bob Dearberg | 3 Feb 1939 | 8 May 2017 | 78 | 9 | |
| Executive Producer | David Reid | 1 Mar 1938 | 01.03.1938 | 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 | 03.01.1948 | 73 | 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 | 13.05.1938 | 83 | 1 | |
| Emma | Rachel Davies | 1 | ||||
| George | Brian Croucher | 23 Jan 1942 | 23.01.1942 | 79 | 1 | |
| Jean | Pat Maynard | 16 Feb 1942 | 16.02.1942 | 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 | 10.05.1972 | 49 | 1 | |
| Sophia (older) | Joanne White | 1 | ||||
| William | Nicholas Ball | 11 Apr 1946 | 11.04.1946 | 75 | 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