Adapted by
Psycho author Robert Bloch from his own short stories, this Amicus horror anthology is set in an English country home where the tenants all meet bloody deaths. Inspector Holloway (John Bennett) is called on to investigate the four cases that comprise the film. In the first,
"Method For Murder," a mystery writer (Denholm Elliott) falls victim to a strangler not unlike a character in one of his books. Peter Cushing and Joss Ackland star in the second segment, "Waxworks." They are lured by a living statue of Salome to a wax museum where they are axed by the owner (Wolfe
Morris). Christopher Lee is the victim in the third tale, "Sweets to the Sweets,"...
Released:
1971
Rated:
GP
Length:
101 mins