Robert Bloch HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD Original screenplay for the Signed #137241

Description

The House that Dripped Blood (Original screenplay for the 1971 film, signed by Robert Bloch)
Author:
Robert Bloch (screenwriter); Peter Duffell (director); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter, Denholm Elliott (starring)
Title:
The House that Dripped Blood (Original screenplay for the 1971 film, signed by Robert Bloch)
Publication:
London: Amicus Productions, Circa 1970
Description:
Draft script for the 1971 film. SIGNED by screenwriter Robert Bloch on the title page in 1982. Brief annotations throughout in holograph ink and pencil.
An anthology horror film, featuring four different stories, including vampires, witchcraft, wax ladies, and eerie stranglers. In one story, a writer is haunted by the psychopathic central character of his latest novel; in another, two friends are haunted by a wax figure that eerily resembles a woman they once knew; in the third story, a widower is neglectful and abusive to his daughter; and in the final story, an actor starring in a vampire film buys a cloak from a mysterious shopkeeper, and finds that the cloak gives him vampiric powers. Ingrid Pitt has a supporting role, as do Joss Ackland, Jonathan Lynn, and Joanna Lumley.
Bloch wrote for several Amicus Productions film, including "The Skull" (1965), "The Psychopath" (1966), "The Deadly Bees" (1966), and "Asylum" (1972).
Shot on location in England.
Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with a credit for screenwriter Bloch. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with a silver prong brad.
Muir 1970s.
Seller ID:
137241
Subject:
1970s Cinema, Autograph Material, British Cinema, British Interest, Film Scripts, Horror, Vampires
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