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Peter Sasdy

Peter Sasdy

Peter Sasdy (born May 27, 1935) 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.

On screen

  • Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

Behind the camera

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
  • Last Video and Testament
  • The Late Nancy Irving
  • The Sweet Scent of Death
  • The Lonely Lady
  • Visitor from the Grave
  • Welcome to Blood City
  • I Don't Want to Be Born
  • King Arthur, the Young Warlord
  • Nothing But the Night
  • The Stone Tape
  • Doomwatch
  • Countess Dracula
  • Hands of the Ripper
  • Taste the Blood of Dracula
  • Journey Into Darkness
  • Wuthering Heights
  • The Eye
  • Time in Advance
  • The Midas Plague
  • The Caves of Steel

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