The House that Bled to Death

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.

Production Details

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

Locations:
Chairborough Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire – William and Emma’s house and The Evans’ house opposite
Mentmore Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire – The Butchers shop
Loudwater, Buckinghamshire – The Los Angeles house

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Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew – Verified complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Assistant Art Director	Bob Bell	Yes	62	21 Mar 1918		6 Jun 2009	91	13		13
Assistant Art Director	Richard Rooker	Yes	36	1944	01/01/1944		81	13		13
Camera Operator	Chic (Rodney) Anstiss	Yes	49	1 Feb 1931		30 Jun 2011	80	13		13
Camera Operator	David Munro	Yes	37	24 Oct 1942			82	4	1	5
Casting Director	Eileen Garstka	Yes						13		13
Continuity	Marjorie Lavelly	Yes	59	12 Apr 1921		22 Sep 2006	85	8		8
Costume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale	Yes						35		35
Designer	Carolyn Scott	Yes						23		23
Director	Tom Clegg	Yes	45	16 Oct 1934		25 Jul 2016	81	2		2
Director of Photography	Norman Warwick BSc	Yes	60	14 Jul 1920		26 Aug 1994	74	5		5
Dubbing Editor	Bryan Tilling	Yes	51	1929		19 Feb 2011	82	13		13
Dubbing Editor	Jack Knight	Yes	50	9 Aug 1930		7 Nov 1993	63	15		15
Dubbing Mixer	Otto Snel	Yes	42	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	11	4	15
Editor	Bob Dearberg	Yes	41	3 Feb 1939		8 May 2017	78	10	2	12
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	Yes	60	1920		2004	84	26		26
Executive Producer	David Reid	Yes	42	1 Mar 1938			87	13		13
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	Yes	65	12 Nov 1914		2003	88	14	15	29
Hairdresser	Betty Sherriff	Yes	55	29 Sep 1925		2000	74	10		10
Make-up	Alan Brownie	Yes	57	1923		21 Feb 2012	89	4		4
Music	James Bernard	Yes	55	20 Sep 1925		12 Jul 2001	75	25	1	26
Music Editor	Marcel Durham	Yes	60	21 Jun 1920		Apr 2000	79	13		13
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	Yes	73	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Presenter	Jack Gill	Yes	61	1919				13		13
Producer	Roy Skeggs	Yes	46	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Production Assistant	Margaret Nicholas	Yes						13		13
Production Assistant	Mike Widd	Yes						13		13
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	Yes	45	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Production Runner	Callum McDougall	No							13	13
Screenplay	David Lloyd	Yes	25	17 May 1955			70	1		1
Sound Recordist	Stuart Edwards	Yes						4		4
Special Effects	Ian Scoones	Yes	40	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Story Editor	Anthony Read	Yes	45	21 Apr 1935		21 Nov 2015	80	14		14
Title Designer	Chris Wood	Yes						13		13
CAST
1st Mother	Jo Warne	Yes	42	2 Jan 1938		13 Jan 2017	79	1		1
2nd Mother	Sarah Keller	Yes						1		1
A.J.Powers	Milton Johns	Yes	42	13 May 1938			87	1		1
Emma	Rachel Davies	Yes						1		1
George	Brian Croucher	Yes	38	23 Jan 1942			83	1		1
Jean	Pat Maynard	Yes	38	16 Feb 1942			83	1		1
Journalist	Max Mason	Yes	40	12 Apr 1940		12 Feb 2015	74	1		1
Journalist	Anna Perry	Yes						1		1
Old Man	George Tovey	Yes	66	8 Mar 1914		4 Dec 1982	68	2		2
Old Woman	Una Brandon-Jones	Yes	64	24 Apr 1916		22 Dec 2010	94	1		1
Sister	Marilyn Finlay	Yes	34	1946		29 Nov 2016	70	1		1
Sophia	Emma Ridley	Yes	8	10 May 1972			53	1		1
Sophia (older)	Joanne White	Yes						1		1
William	Nicholas Ball	Yes	34	11 Apr 1946		6 Jun 2024	78	1		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.

Hammer House of Horror

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