A man walks up to the locked gates of a large country house, somewhere in England. It turns out he is a police inspector from Scotland yard investigating the disappearance of a famous film star (Jon Pertwee) who was renting the property. At the local police station he quizzes the Sergeant. He blames the house and starts to tell the inspector a story about one of the previous tenants.
And so we begin the first story which stars Denholm Elliott as writer who rents the house with his wife so he can finish the novel hes working on. However, things are not what they seem as Dominic, the murderous villain from his novel maybe more than just a character in a book.
After that story the sergeant then tells another. This time about a retired stock broker played by the ever willing Peter Cushing. On a trip into the local village Cushing comes across a waxworks and decides to have a look. I wont spoil the rest of this story for you but Joss Ackland turns up in this segment, as a friend of Cushing.
The inspector believes none of this nonsense and promptly goes in search of the estate agent who rents the property. The agent also warns the inspector about the house and tries to convince him by telling yet another story.
Chistopher Lee stars in this one as John Reid. He and his daughter Jane move into the house. He hires a tutor/nanny Nyree Dawn Porter to look after and educate his daughter while he is away in London on business. Generally speaking he doesn't treat Jane that well, which is explained in the shock/twist ending of this chapter.
The final story reveals what happened to Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt is in this story too, and revolves around a supernatural cape/cloak.
Each story lasts about 20mins or so, they don't outstay their welcome. Not a bad effort but the story's are a bit weak when compared to similar themed films like asylum, vault of horror, and creepshow. Worth a watch if you've seen those other films already and liked them.
And so we begin the first story which stars Denholm Elliott as writer who rents the house with his wife so he can finish the novel hes working on. However, things are not what they seem as Dominic, the murderous villain from his novel maybe more than just a character in a book.
After that story the sergeant then tells another. This time about a retired stock broker played by the ever willing Peter Cushing. On a trip into the local village Cushing comes across a waxworks and decides to have a look. I wont spoil the rest of this story for you but Joss Ackland turns up in this segment, as a friend of Cushing.
The inspector believes none of this nonsense and promptly goes in search of the estate agent who rents the property. The agent also warns the inspector about the house and tries to convince him by telling yet another story.
Chistopher Lee stars in this one as John Reid. He and his daughter Jane move into the house. He hires a tutor/nanny Nyree Dawn Porter to look after and educate his daughter while he is away in London on business. Generally speaking he doesn't treat Jane that well, which is explained in the shock/twist ending of this chapter.
The final story reveals what happened to Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt is in this story too, and revolves around a supernatural cape/cloak.
Each story lasts about 20mins or so, they don't outstay their welcome. Not a bad effort but the story's are a bit weak when compared to similar themed films like asylum, vault of horror, and creepshow. Worth a watch if you've seen those other films already and liked them.