This week’s retro trailer is for the 1971 horror film The Home That Dripped Blood. I’m a fan of horror anthology movies, and this anthology film was directed by Peter Duffell, and it’s based mostly on a set of quick tales by Robert Bloch.
The movie is structured round 4 eerie tales, all centered on a mysterious home the place unusual and macabre occasions have occurred.
The primary story, “Technique for Homicide,” follows a horror author whose fictional killer seemingly involves life.”
Within the second story, “Waxworks,” two pals are haunted by a wax determine that bears a disturbing resemblance to a girl they each as soon as beloved.
The third story, “Sweets to the Candy,” revolves round a domineering father and his concern of his daughter, whom he suspects of working towards witchcraft.
The ultimate story, “The Cloak,” entails a pompous actor who buys a cloak for a vampire function, solely to seek out out the garment has supernatural powers.
Every section of the movie performs within the psychological horror realm, blurring the traces between actuality and the supernatural. The connective tissue of the plot is an investigation by a Scotland Yard detective into the home and its unusual historical past, uncovering the eerie connections between the tenants and the home’s sinister nature.
The film has nice atmospheric storytelling and robust performances from a forged that features horror icons comparable to Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, The Home That Dripped Blood affords a chilling mix of gothic horror and thriller.
