Horror

Mystery

The House That Vanished

Blackwater Film Productions Ltd.

United Kingdom

English

Andrea Allan

Karl Lanchbury

Maggie Walker

Peter Forbes-Robertson

Judy Matheson

Annabella Wood

Alex Leppard

Lawrence Keane

Edmund Pegge

Daphne Lea

Richard Aylen

Joshua Leppard

Raymond Young

Barbara Meale

José Ramón Larraz

Derek Ford

Diana Daubeney

Trevor Wrenn

Roy Deverell

Terry Warr

John Hoesli

**_Gritty psychological English horror from the early 70s_**

A photographer takes his model girlfriend to a defunct manor outside London in the fog. After witnessing something horrific, the woman makes it back to London and informs her friends of what happened. When they travel to the vicinity they can’t find the house. Meanwhile she starts dating a frail-looking artist who lives with his aunt.

“The House That Vanished” (1973) is also known as “Scream… and Die!” It’s basically a mixture of “Psycho” and “Twisted Nerve,” as well as “The Last House on the Left” from the year prior. There are also similarities to “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” which debuted to the public-at-large around the same time, just shortly later in October, 1974. It lacks the compelling story of “Psycho” and the over-the-top mayhem of “Texas,” opting for the dramatic tone of “Twisted Nerve,” albeit adding nudity and a puke-inducing sex sequence (you’ll know the one I’m talking about). 

Barbara Meale (the first victim), Andrea Allan (Valerie), Annabella Wood (Stella) and Judy Matheson (Lorna) are all notable in their unique ways. Unfortunately, there’s a glaring plot hole in the last act involving Valerie being oblivious to the direction Paul takes her outside London. Aduh.

It runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in London, Essex and Hertfordshire; the latter two being northeast and north of the city respectively.

GRADE: C

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Andrea Allan

Karl Lanchbury

Maggie Walker

Peter Forbes-Robertson

Judy Matheson

Annabella Wood

Alex Leppard

Lawrence Keane

Edmund Pegge

Daphne Lea

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