Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
Come face to face with naked fear on the altar of evil!
Directed by Vernon Sewell
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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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- Director
- Vernon Sewell
- Written by
- H.P. Lovecraft, Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman, Jerry Sohl
- Produced by
- Louis M. Heyward
- Composer
- Peter Knight
- Cinematographer
- John Coquillon
- Editor
- Howard Lanning
- Origin country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- The Crimson Altar, The Crimson Cult
- TMDB
- 5.2/10 (83 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.5/10 (3,270 votes)
Cast
Christopher Lee
J.D. Morley
Boris Karloff
Professor John Marsh
Mark Eden
Robert Manning
Virginia Wetherell
Eve Morley
Barbara Steele
Lavinia Morley
Michael Gough
Elder
Roger Avon
Sergeant Tyson (uncredited)
Michael Warren
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rosemarie Reede
Esther
Denys Peek
Peter Manning (uncredited)
Ron Pember
Petrol Attendant (uncredited)
Rupert Davies
The Vicar (uncredited)
Derek Tansley
Judge (uncredited)
Nicholas Head
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Nova St. Clair
Girl Chased by Cars
Terry Raven
First Car-Chase Driver
Douglas Mitchell
2nd Car-Chase Driver
Vivienne Carlton
Sacrifice Victim (uncredited)
Crew
Vernon Sewell
Director
Henry Lincoln
Screenplay
Mervyn Haisman
Screenplay
Jerry Sohl
Story
H.P. Lovecraft
Novel
Louis M. Heyward
Producer
Peter Knight
Original Music Composer
John Coquillon
Director of Photography
Howard Lanning
Editor
Tony Tenser
Executive Producer
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