OPEN POST: The Sunday Roast featuring The House That Dripped Blood
Amicus Productions We're arbitrarily extending the spooky season to November 1, and by special request we're presenting The House That Dripped Blood, as a followup to Carnival of Souls from the other day. This 1971 classic was produced by Amicus Films, a studio which specialized in horror anthologies like this one, each featuring 4 stories linked by a framing device. In this case, it's the house itself, and the sad and horrific histories of its ill-fated tenants. As with many Amicus films, this one has a fabulous cast including Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Ingrid Pitt, the gorgeous Polish actress who escaped from the Nazis to make a new life in England. Each story is unique in tone, with the last having been intended as a comedy. When the money men watched the rough cut, they apparently flipped out and demanded it be re-cut as a drama, which sadly doesn't quite work. At least they kept the cute little jab he took at Lee in the dialogue (they were pals of...