"Hammer House of Horror" Children of the Full Moon (1980)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writer:

Murray Smith (screenplay)

TV Series:

"Hammer House of Horror" (1980)

Original Air Date:

1 listopad 1980 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A married couple, lost in the woods, stumble across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old women and deadly wolf children that scour the country-side looking for victims.

Plot Keywords:

Couple | Forest | Stranded | House | Gore

Cast

Christopher Cazenove	...	Tom
Celia Gregory	...	Sarah
Diana Dors	...	Mrs. Ardoy
Robert Urquhart	...	Harry
Jacob Witkin	...	Woodcutter
Adrian Mann	...	Tadek Kuchinsky
Victoria Wood	...	Sophy
Sophie Kind	...	Eloise
Matthew Dorman	...	Young Boy
Wilhelmina Green	...	Young Girl
Corinna Reardon	...	Small Girl
Daniel Payne	...	Small Boy
Natalie Payne	...	Irenya
Daniel Kipling	...	Andreas

Directed by
Tom Clegg

Writing credits
Murray Smith		(screenplay)

Produced by
Brian Lawrence	....	producer
David Reid	....	producer
Roy Skeggs	....	producer

Original Music by
Paul Patterson

Cinematography by
Frank Watts

Film Editing by
Chris Barnes

Casting by
Eileen Garstka

Production Design by
Carolyn Scott

Makeup Department
Eddie Knight	....	makeup artist
Eddie Knight	....	makeup designer
Daphne Vollmer	....	hair stylist (as Daphne Volmer)

Production Management
Ron Jackson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ken Baker	....	assistant director

Art Department
Bob Bell	....	assistant art director
Richard Rooker	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Peter Best	....	dubbing editor
John Bramall	....	sound
Jack T. Knight	....	dubbing editor (as Jack Knight)
Otto Snel	....	dubbing mixer
Bryan Tilling	....	dubbing editor

Special Effects by
Ian Scoones	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Neil Binney	....	camera operator
Steve Birtles	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Nightingale	....	costume supervisor

Music Department
Marcel Durham	....	music editor
Philip Martell	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Lorely Farley	....	continuity
Jack Gill	....	presenter
Margaret Nicholas	....	production assistant
Anthony Read	....	story editor
Mike Widd	....	production accountant
Callum McDougall	....	production runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Hammer Film Productions

Distributors

• Horror TV (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Thriller Video

Other Companies

• Group Five  lighting

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Doesn`t Hold Up To Repeat Viewing

I remember first seeing this in 1980 as part of THE HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR series and everyone was talking about it at school on Monday . I saw it for a second time last night and to be honest it`s not much cop . It`s just another predictable story of a newly wed couple getting lost and spending the night at a creepy mansion that`s owned by a woman with a west country accent and being a horror story it`s always bad news to spend a night at a mansion owned by someone with a west country accent

Two things I noticed about watching it for the second time : First up is the very poor budget . Unless I`m imagining it there only seems to be one set used and the set designer hides this fact by using different furniture scene to scene ( I might be wrong of course ) while the werewolf make up is absolutely laughable . Secondly watching it a second time you can`t fail to notice how predictably it all plays out . In many ways the story is structured like a whodunnit and just like any whodunnit it`s only worth watching once at most