This Amicus compendium has such a strong cast it should be top notch but instead it's fairly routine with only the final segment The Cloak standing out for its post-modernist pops at vampire films , including a joke at the expense of Christopher Lee who's in one of the earlier segments as a man tormented by his daughter.
Joanna Dunham ( as Alice Hillyer )
Sex : No
Death : Stabbed by her erstwhile lover Richard
Joanna was a regular face on TV more than a film actress. Her career had run its course by the end of the nineties and she died in 2014 aged 78.
Nyree Dawn Porter ( as Ann Norton )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Nyree was an actress from New Zealand originally brought to England by Rank. She made her name in the late sixties in The Forsyte Saga and then The Protectors in the early seventies. She semi-retired in the late eighties and died of leukaemia in 2001 aged 65.
Chloe Franks ( as Jane Reid )
Sex : n/a
Death : Survives
Chloe appeared in a number of child roles in the seventies but didn't really transfer to adult roles. In the early nineties, she was casting director on the ill-fated soap Eldorado. Since being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, she has become a leading disability campaigner. She is now 54.
Ingrid Pitt ( as Carla Lynde )
Sex : Huge cleavage
Death : Survives
Ingrid sends herself up in this one as Jon Pertwee's exotic co-star.
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