Editing Amicus Productions (section)

===Portmanteau horror films ===

Amicus released seven [[Anthology film|portmanteau]] films; ''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]'' (1965), ''[[Torture Garden (film)|Torture Garden]]'' (1967), ''[[The House That Dripped Blood]]'' (1971), ''[[Tales from the Crypt (film)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' (1972), ''[[Asylum (1972 horror film)|Asylum]]'' (1972), ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|Vault of Horror]]'' (1973) and ''[[From Beyond the Grave]]'' (1974). These films typically feature four or sometimes five short horror stories, linked by an overarching plot featuring a narrator and those listening to his story.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H21BB8SZuyQC&q=amicus+portmanteau+films&pg=PA139|title=British Horror Cinema|isbn=9780415230032|last1=Chibnall|first1=Steve|last2=Petley|first2=Julian|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press }}</ref>

The casts of these films are invariably composed of name actors, each of whom play a main part in one of the stories—a small proportion of the film as a whole. Along with genre stars like Cushing, Lee and [[Herbert Lom]], Amicus also drew its actors from the classical British stage ([[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]], [[Margaret Leighton]] and [[Ralph Richardson]]), rising younger actors ([[Donald Sutherland]], [[Robert Powell]] and [[Tom Baker]]), or former stars in decline ([[Richard Greene]], [[Robert Hutton (actor)|Robert Hutton]], and [[Terry-Thomas]]). Some, such as [[Joan Collins]], were in their mid-career doldrums when they worked with Amicus, while others such as [[Jon Pertwee]] and Tom Baker (later the [[Third Doctor|third]] and [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]] incarnations of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the science-fiction series, ''[[Doctor Who]]'') were at the height of their careers.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/13/british-horror-film-studio-amicus|title=Blood and gutsiness|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|work=The Guardian|date=13 February 2009 }}</ref>

''Torture Garden'', ''The House That Dripped Blood'' and ''Asylum'' were written by [[Robert Bloch]], based upon his own stories. An exception was the "Waxworks" segment of ''The House That Dripped Blood'', which was scripted (uncredited) by Russ Jones, based on Bloch's story. ''Tales from the Crypt'' and ''The Vault of Horror'' were based on stories from [[EC horror comics]] from the 1950s.<ref name=guardian /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/drippedblood.shtml|title=The House That Dripped Blood - 1970|work=britishhorrorfilms.co.uk}}</ref>