A chilling tale of witchcraft and satanic ritual in a fog-shrouded New England village. A young student (Venetia Stevenson) arrives to research local history, only to uncover a dark cult still practicing human sacrifice. With Christopher Lee presiding over the sinister rituals, The City of the Dead delivers classic Gothic atmosphere, occult dread, and one of British horrors most atmospheric settings.

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IN WHITEWOOD, TIME STANDS STILL…

Christopher Lee was already a horror icon when he started filming The City of the Dead in 1959. Having played Frankensteins Monster, Count Dracula and The Mummy for Hammer, this new picture would allow him to extend his range to the American Gothic and witchcraft in a small New England village…

Lee plays Professor Driscoll, an authority on the occult who persuades one of his students (Venetia Stevenson) to research his hometown, Whitewood, once the site of witch burnings in the 17th century. Booking herself into the Ravens Inn, she soon learns that devil worship among the locals hasnt been consigned to the past.

Produced by future Amicus founders Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg, and beautifully shot by Desmond Dickinson (whose credits ranged from Laurence Oliviers Hamlet to Horrors of the Black Museum), The City of the Dead is a wonderfully atmospheric and still shocking slice of horror that stands firmly alongside with its Hammer contemporaries.

Från IMDB:
A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.

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Version: : Blu-Ray + DVD (import)

Språk : English

EAN : 5027035016283

Label : Arrow Films

Distributor : Arrow Films