Spooky Film Series: The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

Screening of The House That Dripped Blood, the 1971 horror classic anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.

In the film, shortly after renting an old country house, film star Paul Henderson mysteriously disappears and Inspector Holloway from Scotland Yard is called to investigate. Inquiring at the local police station, Holloway is told some of the house's history. He then contacts the estate agent renting the house, who elaborates further by telling Holloway about its previous tenants.

In Method For Murder, a hack writer of horror stories moves into the house with his wife and is haunted by visions of Dominic, the murderous, psychopathic central character of his latest novel.

 In Waxworks, two friends become fixated with a macabre waxwork museum that appears to contain a model of a lady they both knew.

 In Sweets to the Sweet, a private teacher is perturbed by the cold and severe way a widower treats his young daughter, even forbidding her to have a doll.

In The Cloak,  a temperamental horror film actor moves into the house while starring in a vampire film being shot nearby. He buys a black cloak from a peculiar shopkeeper to use as his film character's costume. The cloak seems to instill in its wearer strange powers, something his co-star quickly discovers.

This screening is part of the Ferguson Library's October Spooky Film Series. Please also join us for screenings of The Haunting, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Jaws. We will meet again on October 30 for a horror film discussion.