The House That Dripped Blood

Four tales of horror are linked by a country house where strange things have happened to the people who lived there. When a film star goes missing from the property, a Scotland Yard inspector named Holloway arrives to investigate. A local policeman and an estate agent tell him about the previous tenants, and their stories form the film's episodes: a writer haunted by a killer he invented, two men menaced at a wax museum, a governess troubled by her young charge, and the vanished actor himself.

The House That Dripped Blood was released in 1971 and was directed by Peter Duffell, working from a screenplay by Robert Bloch and Russ Jones. It was produced by Amicus Productions, the British studio known for anthology horror, with Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky producing. The cast includes Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, along with Denholm Elliott, Joanna Dunham, Tom Adams and Robert Lang. It runs 102 minutes.

Reception sits at a modest level. On IMDb it holds 6.5/10 from around 8,700 votes, and on TMDB 6.4/10 from roughly 183 votes. A critics' rating of 6.5/10 from 13 reviews places it in line with those audience scores, suggesting a film that is regarded steadily rather than rapturously by those who seek it out.