Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 8
Black Carrion

© 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
ITV London Transmission Date: 12th November 1984
Storyline
A world-weary freelance author in need of work and a young female consultant, who’s an expert on the history of 60s music, are hired by an avid record producer, who plans to make a nice buck by re-releasing the albums of an extremely popular 60s rock duo consisting of two wild brothers that simply disappeared from the scene in 1963 without an explanation, and write a “Where are they now” piece on them to promote the re-release.
The pair discovers that the last gig the duo ever played was in a small, remote, ghostly village that’s not on any recent map. As they approach the village, the woman’s repressed memories of a traumatic event from her childhood begin to emerge.



Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
American Casting | William J Kenney | 45 | 29 May 1939 | 30 Dec 1992 | 53 | 12 | 12 | ||
American Casting | Daniel Travis | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Art Director | Carolyn Scott | 23 | 23 | ||||||
Associate Producer | John Hough | 42 | 21 Nov 1941 | 81 | 6 | 6 | |||
Ast. Art Director | Andrew Ackland-Snow | 23 | 15 Apr 1961 | 62 | 3 | 3 | |||
Ast. Director | Ken Baker | 18 | 18 | ||||||
Ast. to Producer | Laura Nightingale | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Camera Operator | Ken Withers | 56 | 21 Aug 1928 | 10 Mar 2020 | 91 | 14 | 14 | ||
Casting Director | Lesley de Pettit | 48 | 1936 | 2002 | 66 | 14 | 14 | ||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 45 | 1 Apr 1939 | 83 | 22 | 22 | |||
Director | John Hough | 42 | 21 Nov 1941 | 80 | 6 | 6 | |||
Director of Photog. | Brian West | 56 | 27 Apr 1928 | 94 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||
Dubbing Editor | Roy Baker | 57 | Jul 1927 | Feb 2011 | 83 | 29 | 1 | 30 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Ernie Marsch | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Editor | Paul Patterson | 37 | 15 Jun 1947 | 76 | 8 | 8 | |||
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 64 | 1920 | 2004 | 84 | 25 | 25 | ||
Executive Story Editor | Don Houghton | 54 | 1930 | Jul 1991 | 61 | 20 | 20 | ||
Hairdresser | Daphne Volmer | 56 | 15 Aug 1928 | 11 Jan 2006 | 77 | 17 | 17 | ||
Make-up | Eddie Knight | 59 | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 | 31 | ||
Music Composer | Francis Shaw | 42 | 23 Jun 1942 | 81 | 2 | 2 | |||
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 77 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Producer | Roy Skeggs | 50 | 1 Apr 1934 | 29 Dec 2018 | 84 | 45 | 1 | 46 | |
Production Accountant | Linda Nettleton | 35 | 1 Jan 1949 | 74 | 13 | 13 | |||
Production Accountant | Sheala Daniell | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Production Ast. | Sheila Collins | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Production Manager | Ron Jackson | 49 | 1935 | 1993 | 58 | 34 | 1 | 35 | |
Publicity | Jean Garioch | 56 | 1 Jan 1928 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 14 | ||
Screenplay | Don Houghton | 54 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jul 1991 | 61 | 20 | 20 | ||
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 61 | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Still Photog. | John Jay | 63 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
Story Editor | John Peacock | 39 | 1945 | 1 Jun 2017 | 72 | 13 | 13 |
Cast
Character | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
Cora Berlaine | Season Hubley | 33 | 14 Mar 1951 | 72 | 1 | 1 | |||
Driver | Peter Polycarpou | 27 | 31 Mar 1957 | 65 | 1 | 1 | |||
Drury | Christopher Ellison | 37 | 16 Dec 1946 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ellen | Linda Hayden | 31 | 19 Jan 1953 | 70 | 2 | 2 | |||
Elsie | Daphne Goddard | 59 | 10 Jan 1925 | 6 Jun 2005 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Estate Manager | Oscar Quitak | 58 | 10 Mar 1926 | 97 | 1 | 1 | |||
First Constable | Geoffrey Leesley | 35 | 1 Jun 1949 | 73 | 1 | 1 | |||
Frogman | Alan Stuart | 53 | 31 Aug 1931 | 28 Nov 2016 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Henry Bircher | Norman Bird | 60 | 30 Oct 1924 | 22 Apr 2005 | 80 | 5 | 5 | ||
Landlord | Forbes Collins | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Little Girl | Jessica Marshall-Gardiner | 6 | 20 Apr 1978 | 44 | 1 | 1 | |||
Lou Delmart | William Hootkins | 36 | 5 Jul 1948 | 23 Oct 2005 | 57 | 2 | 2 | ||
Madge Bircher | Diana King | 66 | 2 Aug 1918 | 31 Jul 1986 | 67 | 2 | 2 | ||
Mate | Robert Morgan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Paul Chater | Leigh Lawson | 39 | 21 Jul 1945 | 77 | 2 | 2 | |||
Police Sergeant | John Patrick | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Ray Verne | Allan Love | 36 | 13 Dec 1947 | 75 | 2 | 2 | |||
Ron Verne | Julian Littman | 31 | 13 Feb 1953 | 70 | 2 | 2 | |||
Secretary | Diana Malin | 27 | 19 Jun 1957 | 65 | 1 | 1 | |||
Songs: Music & Lyrics | Allan Love | 36 | 13 Dec 1947 | 75 | 2 | 2 | |||
Songs: Music & Lyrics by | Julian Littman | 31 | 13 Feb 1953 | 70 | 2 | 2 | |||
Uncredited | |||||||||
Villager | Alan Meacham | 55 | 14 May 1929 | 2 May 1998 | 68 | 5 | 5 | ||
Villager | Fred Wood | 63 | 26 Oct 1921 | 25 Jan 2003 | 81 | 19 | 19 |
Footnotes
Linda Hayden played Alice Hargood in Hammer’s “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (1970), and also starred in Tigon’s “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” (1971)
Details were complied viewing the Episode.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection