The House that Bled to Death – Hammer Graveyard

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

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer Uncredited	Hammer Total
Assistant Art Director	Bob Bell	62	21 Mar 1918		6 Jun 2009	91	13		13
Assistant Art Director	Richard Rooker	36	01 Jan 1944	01.01.1944		80	13		13
Camera Operator	David Munro	37	24 Oct 1942	24.10.1942		81	4	1	5
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	Tom Clegg	45	16 Oct 1934		25 Jul 2016	81	2		2
Director of Photography	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 Mixer	Otto Snel	42	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	11	4	15
Editor	Bob Dearberg	41	3 Feb 1939		8 May 2017	78	9	2	11
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	60	1 Jan 1920		1 Jan 2004	84	25		25
Executive Producer	David Reid	42	01 Mar 1938	01.03.1938		86	13		13
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	65	12 Nov 1914		1 Jan 2003	88	13	14	27
Hairdresser	Betty Sherriff	55	29 Sep 1925		1 Jan 2000	74	10		10
Make-up	Alan Brownie	57	1 Jan 1923		21 Feb 2012	89	4		4
Music Editor	Marcel Durham	60	21 Jun 1920		1 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 Assistant	Margaret Nicholas						13		13
Production Assistant	Mike Widd						12		12
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	45	1 Jan 1935		1 Jan 1993	58	34	1	35
Production Runner	Callum McDougall							13	13
Screenplay	David Lloyd	32	3 Jan 1948	3.01.1948		76	1		1
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

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer Uncredited	Hammer Total
1st Mother	Jo Warne	42	2 Jan 1938		13 Jan 2017	79	1		1
2nd Mother	Sarah Keller						1		1
A.J.Powers	Milton Johns	42	13 May 1938	13.05.1938		86	1		1
Emma	Rachel Davies						1		1
George	Brian Croucher	38	23 Jan 1942	23.01.1942		82	1		1
Jean	Pat Maynard	38	16 Feb 1942	16.02.1942		82	1		1
Journalist	Anna Perry						1		1
Journalist	Max Mason	40	12 Apr 1940		12 Feb 2015	74	1		1
Old Man	George Tovey	66	8 Mar 1914		4 Dec 1982	68	2		2
Old Woman	Una Brandon-Jones	64	24 Apr 1916		22 Dec 2010	94	1		1
Sister	Marilyn Finlay	34	1 Jan 1946		29 Nov 2016	70	1		1
Sophia	Emma Ridley	8	10 May 1972	10.05.1972		52	1		1
Sophia (older)	Joanne White						1		1
William	Nicholas Ball	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.