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Peter Sasdy

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Peter Sasdy

Born May 27, 1935 in Budapest, Hungary23 films

Peter Sasdy (born May 27, 1935) is a British film and TV director.

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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.

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Hands of the Ripper posterFirst watchHands of the Ripper19716.2A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young…View film

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Filmography

23 films as director
  1. 1993Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part OneDirector
  2. 1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading LadyDirector
  3. 1989Ending UpDirector
  4. 1984The Sweet Scent of DeathDirector
  5. 1984The Late Nancy IrvingDirector
  6. 1984Last Video and TestamentDirector
  7. 1983The Lonely LadyDirector
  8. 1980Visitor from the GraveDirector
  9. 1977Welcome to Blood CityDirector
  10. 1976I Don't Want to Be BornDirector
  11. 1975King Arthur, the Young WarlordDirector
  12. 1973Nothing But the NightDirector
  13. 1972The Stone TapeDirector
  14. 1972DoomwatchDirector
  15. 1971Hands of the RipperDirector
  16. 1971Countess DraculaDirector
  17. 1970Taste the Blood of DraculaDirector
  18. 1968Journey Into DarknessDirector
  19. 1967Wuthering HeightsDirector
  20. 1966The EyeDirector
  21. 1965The Midas PlagueDirector
  22. 1965Time in AdvanceDirector
  23. 1964The Caves of SteelDirector