The House That Screamed (1969) La residencia (original title)

Director:

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

Writers:

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (screenplay)
Juan Tébar (story)

Release Date:

1969 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The Suspense is Sheer Torture in ... "The House That Screamed"

Plot:

Lilli Palmer owns and runs a school for wayward girls in France. Her absolute discipline has fostered a social order among the girls with rampant sex...

Plot Keywords:

France | School | Sex | Splatter | Mutilation

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lilli Palmer	...	Sra. Fourneau
Cristina Galbó	...	Teresa
John Moulder-Brown	...	Luis (as John Moulder Brown)
Maribel Martín	...	Isabelle
Mary Maude	...	Irene
Cándida Losada	...	Srta. Desprez
Pauline Challoner	...	Catalina (as Pauline Challenor)
Tomás Blanco	...	Pedro Baldie
Víctor Israel	...	Brechard
Teresa Hurtado	...	Andrea
María José Valero	...	Elena
Conchita Paredes	...	Susana
Ana María Pol	...	Claudia
Mari Carmen Duque	...	Julia (as María del Carmen Duque)
Paloma Pagés	...	Cecilia
Sofía Casares	...	Margarita
Blanca Sendino	...	Cocinera
Clovis Dave	...	Enrique
Frank Braña		(as Francisco Braña)
Gloria Blanco	...	Regina
Juana Azorín	...	Lucía
Elisa Méndez	...	María
María Elena Arpón	...	Alumna
Maria Gustafsson	...	Ingrid (as María Gustaffson)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luisa Sala	...	(uncredited)
Loreta Tovar	...	Alumna (uncredited)

Directed by
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

Writing credits
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador		(screenplay) (as Luis Peñafiel)
Juan Tébar		(story) (as Juan Tebar)

Original Music by
Waldo de los Ríos

Cinematography by
Manuel Berenguer		(director of photography)
Godofredo Pacheco		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Mercedes Alonso
Reginald Mills		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Ramiro Gómez

Art Direction by
Ramiro Gómez

Set Decoration by
Ramiro Gómez

Costume Design by
Víctor María Cortezo		(as Víctor Cortezo)

Makeup Department
José Echevarría	....	assistant makeup artist
Carmen Martín	....	makeup artist
Carmen Rodríguez	....	assistant hair stylist (as Carmina Rodríguez)
Julián Ruiz	....	key hair stylist
Carmen Sánchez	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Manuel Pérez	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mahnahén Velasco	....	assistant director
Jaime Villate	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Rafael Ablanque	....	second assistant set decorator (as Rafael Ablánquez)
Juan Gracia	....	property master
Rafael Pérez Murcia	....	assistant set decorator

Sound Department
Luis Castro	....	foley artist
Enrique Molinero	....	sound engineer
Mike Tucker	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John Beaton	....	special effects
Don Deacon	....	special effects
Wilfred Thompson	....	special effects (as Wilf Thompson)

Camera and Electrical Department
Juan Antonio Aguilar	....	focus puller
Salvador Gil	....	camera operator
Antonio Luengo	....	still photographer
Luis Peña	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carmen de la Casa	....	wardrobe
Manolita Iglesias	....	assistant wardrobe

Editorial Department
María Luisa Hernández	....	assistant editor
María Dolores Laguna	....	assistant editor
Selwyn Petterson	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Waldo de los Ríos	....	conductor

Other crew
Alberto Berco	....	production coordinator (as Alberto Berconsky)
Marisol Carnicero	....	production secretary
Mari Ángeles Herranz	....	dubbing supervisor (as Mª Ángeles Herranz)
José María Maldonado	....	production assistant (as José Mª Maldonado)
Margarita Pardo	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Anabel Films
• Anabel Films S.A.

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1971) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Astral Films (1971) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1973) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Divisa Home Video (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
• Shout! Factory (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• CVL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• J.F. Films de Distribución S.A.
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Regia-Arturo González Rodríguez

Special Effects

• Estudios Moro (special photographic effects) (as Estudios Moro, S.A.)
• Baquero

Other Companies

• Cornejo  wardrobe
• Mole Richardson  grip and lighting equipment
• Asensio Decoración  set construction (as Asensio Decoración, S.L.)
• Estudios Roma  studio (as Estudios Roma, S.A.)
• Estudios Moro  studio (as Estudios Moro, S.A.)
• Estudios Moro  sound post-production (as Estudios Moro, S.A.)

Also Known As:

"La residencia" - Spain (original title)
"House of Evil" - USA (alternative title)
"The Boarding School" - International (English title)
"The Finishing School" - USA

Runtime:

99 min | Australia:105 min (VHS)

Country:

Spain

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP | Norway:16 | Italy:VM14 | West Germany:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Comillas, Cantabria, Spain

Company:

Anabel Films

Trivia:

The Director is son of the popular Argentine horror-films actor Narciso Ibáñez Menta.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) (V)

Excellent!!!!

I saw this on a double-bill with Murders in the Rue Morgue back in the early 70s. According to IMDb, it was released in America in 1971, but I think I saw it later. Anyway, that year saw the release (in the US, at any rate) of two of the absolutely BEST horror movies of the decade: Daughters of Darkness and The House That Screamed. The comments are right about House being about sexual repression: whew! If you've only seen this on TV, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT!!!! Not that there's anything especially graphic in the film, but you just won't be able to "get" it. I keep hoping it'll come out on DVD: it is, in Spain, but I don't understand Spanish, and it doesn't have subtitles! VSOM sells it on tape, but it's p&s and just too dark. Why don't we start a write-in campaign to Blue Underground??? I just wanted to add my two cents: RUNDBAUCHDODO's comments are right-on. I will say this about the greenhouse murder: it's pretty creepy when the girl enters, but it's a real shocker when the murderer STANDS UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA!!!! Maybe it was done before, and it's probably been done since, but it's the first time I saw it and I've never forgotten it. In fact, it surprises me how much of this whole movie I remember -- and remember correctly!