feature a few of hammer all star and this highly effective slice of british horror revolve around a house and the fate of it previous tenant and whose story be all tell to a scotland yard detective and in search of a missing actor . story number one and which be probably the least impressive of the four and deal with a writer and his wife who have just move in the house and plan to stay just for a short time so that he may write one of his horror novel . he create a demented character name dominic and who a very creepy look strangler and and soon find himself go mad a he start to see this beastly look man everywhere he go . after his wife convince him to seek psychiatric help and a sub plot be introduce which frankly and do not really work for me . i would not spoil it for you . the next story ( the best in my opinion ) star the wonderful peter cushing a philip grayson and a man who move into the home for his retirement year and soon make his way to a nearby wax museum ( that deal in the macabre ) where he very startle to find a wax figure that look exactly like a woman from his past . soon thereafter and an old friend ( who also have a history with this woman ) be in town for business and drop by to see him . the two men be in for a rude awakening a they soon discover that there be more to this woman than meet the eye . story three star one of my very favorites . christopher lee and who play john reid . after move into the home with his peculiar daughter jane and the nanny that he hire become awfully suspicious a to the way reid suppress his daughter . well come to find out . if she know what lee do and she would have certainly understood . the final story be a rather light hearted vampire tale that star john pertwee and ingrid pitt . after buy a cloak from a mysterious merchant and actor paul henderson find himself turn into the very creature that he portray several time in his career . overall and the pacing and direction be very good and a be the most of the performance . there be nice gothic touch here and there and an effective score to complement the ambiance . this one a keeper and and come highly recommended .