
Released
IMDb
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
Tristam Cones
Editor

Jimmy Sangster
Producer
Robert Blees
Screenplay

Jimmy Sangster
Screenplay
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography
Sally Nicholl
Casting

Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer

Curtis Harrington
Director
James H. Nicholson
Producer
Kenneth V. Jones
Original Music Composer
Richard Langford
Sound Recordist
Donald Toms
Production Manager
Norman Jones
Camera Operator
June Randall
Continuity
Bridget Sellers
Wardrobe Supervisor
Kenneth V. Jones
Conductor
Colin M. Brewer
Assistant Director
Dennison Thornton
Publicist
Peter Lennard
Sound Editor
Ken Ritchie
Sound Recordist
James H. Nicholson
Executive Producer
Pat McDermott
Hairdresser
Eddie Knight
Makeup Artist
David D. Osborn
Original Story
Sylvia Croft
Makeup Artist
Joyce James
Hairdresser
George Provis
Art Direction
Gavin Lambert
Additional Dialogue
Louis M. Heyward
Executive Producer
John Pellatt
Associate Producer
Backdrops & Posters



