Peter Sasdy

Peter Sasdy

Nacimiento : 1935-05-27, Budapest, Hungary

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Peter Sasdy (born 27 May 1935 in Budapest, Hungary) is a British film and TV director. As well as numerous TV credits, notably the Nigel Kneale-scripted The Stone Tape (1972), he directed several horror films for Hammer, including Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), Countess Dracula (1971) and Hands of the Ripper (1971). He directed Pia Zadora in the cult classic The Lonely Lady (1983), for which he earned a Razzie Award for Best Director. From 1985 to 1987 he directed the Thames TV production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Peter Sasdy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Peter Sasdy

Películas

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
Himself
The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British company's finest films.
Sherlock Holmes y la Prima Donna
Director
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria from an assassination at the opera house and prevent World War I.
Ending Up
Director
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.
The Late Nancy Irving
Director
A famous US golfer with an extremely rare blood type is taken to a private hospital after falling ill. Her recovery prolongs and she befriends the people there. One day, she sees a TV news report on her death and realizes she's trapped.
The Sweet Scent of Death
Director
An overworked American ambassador working in the UK attempts to spend more time with his wife by visiting a countryside mansion, but soon the trip turns into a nightmare with his wife haunted by a stalker seemingly from her past.
Last Video and Testament
Director
Rich old businessman suspects his much younger wife of cheating on him. When his weak heart forces him to have a risky surgery he leaves a videotaped last will and testament - with a sadistic twist.
The Lonely Lady
Director
A young screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of "making it" in Hollywood.
Visitor from the Grave
Director
A former mental patient kills her would-be rapist, but his corpse returns from its secret grave. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.
Welcome to Blood City
Director
Five strangers awake, finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed - what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" - by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.
Poseído al nacer
Director
Víctima de una maldición, una mujer da a luz a un bebé enorme concebido por el mismísimo diablo que ataca a la gente y emite horrorosos aullidos. Una monja intentará ayudar a la mujer a través de un exorcismo.
Arturo, el joven guerrero
Director
Este es el inspirador y épico viaje de la noble búsqueda de un guerrero para probar su valor, su poder y su destino destinado a convertirse en el próximo gobernante de Gran Bretaña.
Noche infernal
Director
Tres administradores de la fundación Van Traylen que acoge niños huérfanos, han sido hallados muertos durante los últimos meses. Aunque las muertes parecen suicidios, el coronel de policía Bingham, encargado del caso, cree que han sido asesinados por motivos económicos. Pero tras investigar, se dará cuenta que algo aún más oscuro atrás...
Holocausto radiactivo
Director
Los habitantes de una isla británica son víctimas de un escape radiactivo de un vertido ilegal en el mar. Por ello casi todos reproducen una extraña enfermedad que un científico intentará curar, aunque se tenga que enfrentar con todos sus habitantes.
The Stone Tape
Director
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but to exorcise it too - with terrifying results...
Las manos del Destripador
Director
Londres, finales del siglo XIX. La hija de Jack el Destripador continúa la estela de su padre. Cuando se da cuenta de que la influencia de su padre la está llevando a cometer una serie de salvajes crímenes, busca la ayuda de un psiquiatra.
La condesa Drácula
Story
Hungría, siglo XVII. Después de enviudar, la anciana condesa Elizabeth Nádasdy, del linaje de los Báthory, descubre fortuitamente una forma de volver a ser joven; pero el precio a pagar por aquellos que la rodean será alto y sangriento.
La condesa Drácula
Director
Hungría, siglo XVII. Después de enviudar, la anciana condesa Elizabeth Nádasdy, del linaje de los Báthory, descubre fortuitamente una forma de volver a ser joven; pero el precio a pagar por aquellos que la rodean será alto y sangriento.
El poder de la sangre de Drácula
Director
Un depravado satanista, obsesionado con la idea de resucitar a Drácula, convence a tres caballeros para comprar unas reliquias pertenecientes al mismísimo Príncipe de las Tinieblas: su capa, un anillo y un frasco de sangre pulverizada. Reunidos en una vieja iglesia desconsagrada, practican un ritual en el que tienen que beber la sangre de Drácula. Los caballeros se niegan y acaban matando al joven satanista. Cuando Drácula vuelve a la vida, se venga de los tres hombres, utilizando para ello a sus propios hijos
Wuthering Heights
Director
Adaptation of the novel by Emily Brontë.