Hammer House of Horror: Guardian of the Abyss (1980)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 15th November 1980
Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: A Jack Gill Presentation for Chips Productions Ltd / Cinema Arts International / Hammer Films for ITC Films International
Executive Producers: Brian Lawrence, David Reid
Producer: Roy Skeggs
Production Manager: Ron Jackson

SCRIPT
Script: David Fisher
Story Editor: Anthony Read

DIRECTION
Director: Don Sharp

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Norman Warwick

MUSIC
Music: John McCabe
Music Supervisor: Philip Martell

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ian Scoones

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Carolyn Scott

LOCATIONS
Locations: Hampden House, Great Hampden, England, UK; Rignall Road, Great Missenden, England, UK; Old Amersham High Street, Old Amersham, England, UK; Hill Avenue, Amersham on the Hill, England, UK

CAST
Ray Lonnen (Michael Roberts)
Rosalyn Landor (Allison)
John Carson (Charles Randolph)
Paul Darrow (Andrews)
Caroline Langrishe (Tina)
Sophie Thompson (1st girl)
Sharon Fusey (2nd girl)
Harry McDonald (auctioneer)

PLOT SUMMARY

A woman buys a mirror at an auction and is immediately offered £250 by a man named Andrews. The woman's friend, Michael Roberts, offers to look after the mirror and later meets Allison, who claims to have escaped from the sinister Choronzan society. She claims that the mirror is the original scrying glass of astrologer Dr Dee which he used to raise the demon Choronza. The cult's leader, Charles Randolph, needs both Allison and the mirror for his rituals.

UK
Television Distributor: ITV

UK
Rating: 15

1980
November
15: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

KEYWORDS

satanisms; cults; mirrors; auctions