I’ve always been a fan of the omnibus horror flicks of the small British studio Amicus.  They’re not all great, but they’re all fun.  I just got one I hadn’t seen before, “The House that Dripped Blood”.  Other than a complete lack of extras, there’s not much to complain about.  The stories are all written by Robert Bloch(“Psycho”), and while none of them blow you away with their originality, they are still quite effective.  There is a surprising(to modern audiences raised on crap) lack of gore, but who ever said you needed gore to be scary?  The cast is excellent: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliot, John Pertwee, and Ingrid Pitt.  The framing story is about a house and the evil it possesses.  A cop from Scotland Yard is investigating a disappearence and talks to the real estate agent who rented out the house where the missing man stayed.  Each story he’s told about past tenants reveals the true secret of the house.  It’s short and a lot of fun.  All month I’ll be reviewing horror films in anticipation of Halloween.  Please join me!

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