15 Best Anthology Horror Film Segments

"It's Dominick! I saw him!"

To combat his writer’s block, novelist Charles (Denholm Elliott) and his disenchanted wife rent the secluded, sinister house of the film’s title. Charles’ attempt to remove all distractions and absorb himself in his story proves rather too successful when he begins to see his murderous creation, Dominick, lurking around the property.

Once the basic premise is established in the first few minutes of the story, Method for Murder doesn’t quite play out in the direction that you think it will (you might expect Psycho style twists and revelations at first, or even for the plot to take a more ambiguous route, but neither are the case). The way this segment wraps up won't be to everyone's taste, but it can't be denied that it has its genuinely creepy moments. Unfortunately, The House that Dripped Blood suffers from a very weak, lazy and unimaginative central set-up with adds precisely nothing to the film.

A couple of its other segments are quite unremarkable, too, and make poor use of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. At least The Cloak, featuring John Pertwee as a movie star turned vampire, ends the film on a high note; while still not as atmospheric as Method for Murder, it's worth sticking around for.