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A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
Keywords
new year's eve
kidnapping
brother
christmas tree
sister
orphan
house fire
teddy bear
séance
child kidnapping
fake psychic
older brother younger sister
christmas
orphan siblings
magician
death of a child
hagsploitation
Casts
Shelley Winters
Mrs. Forrest
Mark Lester
Christopher Coombs
Chloe Franks
Katy Coombs
Ralph Richardson
Mr. Benton
Lionel Jeffries
Police Insp. Willoughby
Hugh Griffith
Mr. Harrison, The Pigman
Rosalie Crutchley
Miss Henley
Pat Heywood
Dr. Mason
Judy Cornwell
Clarine
Michael Gothard
Albie
Jackie Cowper
Angela Barnes
Richard Beaumont
Peter Brookshire
Marianne Stone
Miss Wilcox
Dorian Healy
Reggie Pike (uncredited)
Crews
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography
Sally Nicholl
Casting
Kenneth V. Jones
Original Music Composer
Jimmy Sangster
Screenplay
Curtis Harrington
Director
Tristam Cones
Editor
James H. Nicholson
Producer
Robert Blees
Screenplay
Jimmy Sangster
Producer
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer
Bridget Sellers
Wardrobe Supervisor
Richard Langford
Sound Recordist
Donald Toms
Production Manager
Peter Lennard
Sound Editor
Norman Jones
Camera Operator
June Randall
Continuity
Kenneth V. Jones
Conductor
Colin M. Brewer
Assistant Director
Dennison Thornton
Publicist
Ken Ritchie
Sound Recordist
Sylvia Croft
Makeup Artist
John Pellatt
Associate Producer
Eddie Knight
Makeup Artist
Joyce James
Hairdresser
David D. Osborn
Original Story
Gavin Lambert
Additional Dialogue
George Provis
Art Direction
Louis M. Heyward
Executive Producer
James H. Nicholson
Executive Producer
Pat McDermott
Hairdresser
Backdrops & Posters
