"Hammer House of Horror" The House That Bled to Death (1980)

Note Générale:

7,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Tom Clegg

Scénariste:

David Lloyd (teleplay)

Série TV:

"Hammer House of Horror" (1980)

Date de diffusion originale:

11 octobre 1980 (Saison 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drame | Horreur | Thriller

Intrigue:

William and Emma Peters buy an old house where a brutal murder happened years ago in very bad condition with the intention of restoring it...

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Gothic | Supernatural Power

Avis des utilisateurs:

Creepy Hammer Episode

Ensemble

Nicholas Ball	...	William Peters
Rachel Davies	...	Emma
Brian Croucher	...	George Evans
Patricia Maynard	...	Jean Evans (as Pat Maynard)
Milton Johns	...	Andrew James Powers
Emma Ridley	...	Sophia
Joanne White	...	Sophia
George Tovey	...	Old Man, Albert Clements
Una Brandon-Jones	...	Old Woman / Mrs. Clements
Jo Warne	...	1st Mother
Sarah Keller	...	2nd Mother
Max Mason	...	Journalist
Anna Perry	...	Journalist
Marilyn Finlay	...	Sister

Pays:

UK | USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Classification:

Netherlands:16

Lieux de tournage:

Chairborough Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Société:

Hammer Film Productions

Goofs:

Continuité: When George Evans reads the newspaper with William and Emma, the headline reads "Albert Clements Butchers Wife"; but later, when talking to Jean and George, Mr. Powers asks of they knew "…the Johnsons, the husband that murdered his wife".

Creepy Hammer Episode

Out of the first five episodes of Hammer's short-running "Hammer House of Horror" series, this fifth episode with the wonderful title "The House that Bled to Death" is arguably the creepiest one. As a great fan of the Hammer Studios' Gothic Horror films for many years, I wonder what took me so long to finally start watching the series quite recently. So far, I've only seen the first five episodes, and I have a strong feeling that the best is yet to come, but even if the series stays as entertaining as the first five episodes are, I will be satisfied. Whereas the second and third episodes were great to watch for their morbid and ingeniously dark sense of humor, this fifth entry is definitely the one out of the first five that delivers the most genuine Horror. The episode begins when an elderly man murders his wife out of unknown motivations. Years later, William (Nicholas Ball) and Emma Peters (Rachel Davies) move in the house with their little daughter Sophie (Emma Ridley). Soon after moving in, however, the family have to find out that there is something terribly wrong with the house, which is seemingly haunted... The second episode directed by Francis Megahy is a lot better than his mediocre previous entry, "Growing Pains" (Episode 4), and the fairly unknown actors deliver good performances. The film is also well-made in terms of effects, cinematography and score. "The House that Bled to Death" is a solid episode that delivers the elements that my fellow Hammer-fans should like to see in a Short Horror tale. The film delivers a creepy atmosphere, genuine scare moments and intelligent twists, and is suspenseful and highly entertaining from the beginning to the end. Overall, this is highly recommendable to Hammer fans.