Amicus: House of Horror ( A History of Englands Groundbreaking Studio of Terror)

this two part documentary, clocking in at just over three hours, is a long overdue look at the talent behind such classic British horror films asTales From The Cryptand by two Americans, Milton Subotsky (who often wrote the screenplays) and Max J. Rosenberg (the money man), the company started life in 1962 as Vulcan Films with the atmosphericCity of the Dead, and continued as Amicus up until the late 70s. But it was their portmanteau films for which they are most fondly remembered, with their star names and deliciously macabre stories lifted from the American horror comics, or from the pens of Robert Bloch and R. ChetwyndHayes. This wonderfully researched documentary covers each film chronologically and Pykett has managed to dig up (so to speak) some of the people who made the films. These are mostly lesser players in the Amicus story, as most of the big names are now no longer with us, although director Freddie Francis is seen interviewed by Pykett in archive footage. Amongst the luminaries