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Bloodbath at the House of Death is a 1983 comedy horror film starring the British comedian Kenny Everett and featuring Vincent Price.
It is an over-the-top spoof loosely inspired by The Amityville Horror and other horror films from the same period.
- Kenny Everett as Dr. Lukas Mandeville
- Pamela Stephenson as Dr. Barbara Coyle
- Vincent Price as Sinister Man
- Gareth Hunt as Elliot Broome
- Don Warrington as Stephen Wilson
- John Fortune as John Harrison
- Sheila Steafel as Sheila Finch
- John Stephen Hill as Henry Noland
- Cleo Rocos as Deborah Kedding
- Graham Stark as The Blind Man
- Pat Ashton as Barmaid
- David Lodge as Inspector Goule
- Debbie Linden as Attractive Girl
- Tim Barrett as Doctor
- Barry Cryer as Police Inspector
- Anna Dawson as Nurse
- Gordon Rollings as Man at bar
- Michael McIntyre as E.T. (uncredited)
Laurence Myers agreed to produce the film when the makers almost lost their financing.
The film was shot entirely on location at Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, England. Michael McIntyre (the son of director Ray Cameron) reveals in his autobiography that he was the voice of E.T.
Myers recalls that the film did not make sense; he screened the film for censor James Ferman, who enjoyed the film, but believed that the reels were played in the wrong order.
The film was released in the United Kingdom by Thorn EMI. It was produced in the aftermath of Kenny Everett's outburst at the Young Conservatives conference in which he called for the bombing of Russia; as a result, the media frequently referenced the film in negative context in relation to the outburst during the production, and film critics reviewed the film harshly. Film critic Martyn Auty wrote: "Presumably intended as high camp; looks like low-grade Carry On." It was given an 18 certificate in the United Kingdom.