### Clue: Horrific house tool (6)
### Answer: HAMMER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Horrific house,tool
  Double defn: 1st: Hammer Film Productions is a UK production company,house which is best known for making ground-breaking horrific movies in the late 50s, a genre known as "Hammer Horror" – such as a "Frankenstein" series – The Curse of, The Revenge of, The Evil of, – you get the picture, and a "Dracula" series.
Answer:  Also Mike Hammer, PI created by American author Mickey Spillane