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Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968 · 87 min

A slow, dreamlike descent into rural witchery, with a campy menace and a lingering sense of dread.

Tagline
Come face to face with naked fear on the altar of evil!
Overview
When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Vernon Sewell
Written by
Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln
Starring
Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden, Virginia Wetherell, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough, Roger Avon, Michael Warren
Music
Peter Knight
Cinematography
John Coquillon
Runtime
87 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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