A 17th-century witch uses her craft to transport herself to the 20th century. She brings spine-chilling terror to the present-day occupants of the old farmhouse in which she lived. She puts her mark on the man now living in the farmhouse, while his wife tries to save him.
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Production Details
Jack Gill Presents “Hammer House of Horror” Copyright MCMLXXX
Chips Productions Limited. All Rights Reserved
A Cinema Arts International Production in association with Hammer Films for ITC Entertainment – An OCC company.
UK Transmission Date 13th Sep 1980
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Hammer Total |
Assistant Art Director | Bob Bell | 62 | 21 Mar 1918 | 6 Jun 2009 | 91 | 13 | 13 | ||
Assistant Art Director | Richard Rooker | 36 | 01 Jan 1944 | 01.01.1944 | 80 | 13 | 13 | ||
Assistant Director | Ken Baker 2 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
Camera Operator | Neil Binney | 49 | 01 Jun 1931 | 01.06.1931 | 92 | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
Casting Director | Eileen Garstka | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 41 | 01 Apr 1939 | 01.04.1939 | 84 | 22 | 22 | ||
Costume Supervisor | Laura Nightingale | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Designer | Carolyn Scott | 23 | 23 | ||||||
Director | Don Leaver | 50 | 27 Sep 1929 | 13 Dec 2015 | 86 | 2 | 2 | ||
Director of Photography | Frank Watts BSc | 51 | 13 Jun 1929 | 5 Mar 1994 | 64 | 15 | 15 | ||
Dubbing Editor | Brian Tilling | 51 | 1 Jan 1929 | 19 Feb 2011 | 82 | 13 | 13 | ||
Dubbing Editor | Jack Knight | 50 | 9 Aug 1930 | 7 Nov 1993 | 63 | 15 | 15 | ||
Dubbing Mixer | Ken Scrivener | 61 | 19 Jan 1919 | 16 Jun 2006 | 87 | 2 | 2 | ||
Editor | Chris Barnes | 42 | 1 Jan 1938 | 5 Jun 2009 | 71 | 21 | 12 | 33 | |
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 60 | 1 Jan 1920 | 1 Jan 2004 | 84 | 25 | 25 | ||
Executive Producer | David Reid | 42 | 01 Mar 1938 | 01.03.1938 | 86 | 13 | 13 | ||
Gaffer | Steve Birtles | 65 | 12 Nov 1914 | 1 Jan 2003 | 88 | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
Hairdresser | Daphne Volmer | 52 | 15 Aug 1928 | 11 Jan 2006 | 77 | 17 | 17 | ||
Make-up | Eddie Knight | 55 | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 | 31 | ||
Music Composer | James Bernard | 54 | 20 Sep 1925 | 12 Jul 2001 | 75 | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
Music Editor | Marcel Durham | 60 | 21 Jun 1920 | 1 Apr 2000 | 79 | 12 | 12 | ||
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 72 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Producer | Roy Skeggs | 46 | 1 Apr 1934 | 29 Dec 2018 | 84 | 45 | 1 | 46 | |
Production Assistant | Margaret Nicholas | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Production Assistant | Mike Widd | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Production Manager | Ron Jackson | 45 | 1 Jan 1935 | 1 Jan 1993 | 58 | 34 | 1 | 35 | |
Production Runner | Callum McDougall | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Screenplay | Anthony Read | 45 | 21 Apr 1935 | 21 Nov 2015 | 80 | 14 | 14 | ||
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 57 | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Special Effects | Ian Scoones | 40 | 20 Feb 1940 | 20 Jan 2010 | 69 | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
Story Editor | Anthony Read | 45 | 21 Apr 1935 | 21 Nov 2015 | 80 | 14 | 14 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Hammer Total |
Charles | Ian McCulloch | 40 | 18 Nov 1939 | 18.11.1939 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||
David | Jon Finch | 38 | 2 Mar 1942 | 28 Dec 2012 | 70 | 3 | 3 | ||
Lucinda | Patricia Quinn | 36 | 28 May 1944 | 28.05.1944 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mary | Prunella Gee | 30 | 17 Feb 1950 | 17.02.1950 | 74 | 1 | 1 | ||
Rector | Lennard Pearce | 65 | 9 Feb 1915 | 15 Dec 1984 | 69 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sister | Margaret Anderson | 55 | 27 Aug 1925 | 6 Jun 2016 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Footnotes
Prunella Gee appeared in the Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983).
Lennard Pearce is fondly remembered as Grandad in BBC TV’s hit comedy series Only Fools and Horses.