Hammer House of Horror: Visitor From the Grave (1980)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 22nd 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: John Elder (real name: Anthony Hinds)
Story Editor: Anthony Read

DIRECTION
Director: Peter Sasdy

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Frank Watts

MUSIC
Music: Marc Wilkinson
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

CAST
Kathryn Leigh Scott (Penny)
Simon MacCorkindale (Harry)
Gareth Thomas (Richard / Gupta)
Mia Nadasi (Margaret)
Stanley Lebor (Charles)
Gordon Reid (Max - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

Confronted by an intruder one night, who claims that her lover Harry Wells owes him, Penny van Bruton shoots him in the head. When Wells arrives home, they find that the mortally wounded intruder has staggered out into the woods. Wells identifies the man as his colleague Charles Willoughby. Penny's history of mental illness could lead to her imprisonment so they decide to bury the body in the woods - but Penny is soon being haunted by Willoughby.

UK
Television Distributor: ITV

UK
Rating: 15

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

KEYWORDS

ghosts