VERY SAD to hear that director Peter Duffell has died. Duffell worked
with Peter Cushing on amicus films, 'The House That Dripped Blood'
(1971) it was a title Duffell hated, because there is no blood in the
movie!
In 2011, he published his entertaining autobiography, Playing Piano in a
Brothel: Memoirs of a Film Director, in the preface of which Christopher Lee
described him as “the most underrated director we have had in Britain
for a very long time”.
Duffell proved that he was a dab hand at the horror genre,
brilliantly using all the elements of the macabre – creepy sound,
striking camera angles, a skillful buildup of tension, black humour and
performances just the right side of ham by a cast that included Ingrid
Pitt, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott and Jon Pertwee.
Peter Duffell was born 10th December 1922, he was 95.
Director Peter Duffell and Peter Cushing on location during the shooting of 'The House That Dripped Blood' (1971)
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