A family awakens to find themselves trapped in their own home, all windows and doors sealed by impenetrable walls. They desperately try to escape but everything fails. Then the wife notices a bizarre pattern.
Production Details
© 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: 8th October 1984
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
American Casting | Daniel Travis | 12 | 12 | ||||||
American Casting | William J Kenney | 45 | 29 May 1939 | 30 Dec 1992 | 53 | 12 | 12 | ||
Art Director | Heather Armitage | 42 | 01 Jan 1942 | 01.01.1942 | 82 | 6 | 6 | ||
Assistant Art Director | Steve Hardie | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Assistant Director | Ken Baker | 18 | 18 | ||||||
Assistant to Producer | Karen Woods | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Camera Operator | Ken Withers | 56 | 21 Aug 1928 | 10 Mar 2020 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
Casting Director | Lesley de Pettit | 48 | 1 Jan 1936 | 1 Jan 2002 | 66 | 14 | 14 | ||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 45 | 01 Apr 1939 | 01.04.1939 | 84 | 22 | 22 | ||
Costume Supervisor | Janice Wilde | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Director | Val Guest | 72 | 11 Dec 1911 | 10 May 2006 | 94 | 29 | 29 | ||
Director of Photography | Frank Watts BSc | 55 | 13 Jun 1929 | 5 Mar 1994 | 64 | 15 | 15 | ||
Dubbing Editor | Terry Poulton | 54 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jan 1993 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 17 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Ernie Marsch | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Editor | Peter Weatherley GBFE | 54 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Sep 2015 | 85 | 15 | 15 | ||
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 64 | 1 Jan 1920 | 1 Jan 2004 | 84 | 25 | 25 | ||
Executive Story Editor | Don Houghton | 54 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jul 1991 | 61 | 20 | 20 | ||
Hairdresser | Betty Sherriff | 59 | 29 Sep 1925 | 1 Jan 2000 | 74 | 10 | 10 | ||
Make-up | Eddie Knight | 59 | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 | 31 | ||
Music Composer | David Bedford | 47 | 4 Aug 1937 | 1 Oct 2011 | 74 | 3 | 3 | ||
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 | 01 Jan 1949 | 01.01.1949 | 75 | 13 | 13 | ||
Production Accountant | Sheala Daniell | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Production Assistant | Sheila Collins | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Production Manager | Ron Jackson | 49 | 1 Jan 1935 | 1 Jan 1993 | 58 | 34 | 1 | 35 | |
Publicity | Jean Garioch | 56 | 01 Jan 1928 | 01.01.1928 | Yes | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
Screenplay | Graham Wassell | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 61 | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Special Effects Technician | Chris Verner | 34 | 13 Dec 1949 | 13.12.1949 | 74 | 3 | 3 | ||
Still Photographer | John Jay | 63 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
Story Editor | John Peacock | 39 | 1 Jan 1945 | 1 Jun 2017 | 72 | 13 | 13 | ||
Wardrobe Mistress | Babs Gray | 59 | 1 Jan 1925 | 1 Jan 2007 | 82 | 3 | 3 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Ann Preston | Mary Crosby | 25 | 14 Sep 1959 | 14.09.1959 | 64 | 1 | 1 | ||
Child | Joanna Joseph | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Mike Preston | Nicholas Clay | 38 | 18 Sep 1946 | 25 May 2000 | 53 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mother | Suzanne Church | 32 | 9 Oct 1951 | 9.10.1951 | 72 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sarah Preston | Debbie Chasan | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
Mary Crosby (daughter of Bing Crosby) played Kirsten Shepard in Lorimar Television’s long running series Dallas