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The Crimson Cult

Original title: Curse of the Crimson Altar
  • 1968
  • R
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
3.7K
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Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, and Barbara Steele in The Crimson Cult (1968)
When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming, and his niece more demonstrably so, Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything.
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A man searching for his missing brother is drawn into a remote country house where occult dreams, an unsettling host, and an ancient witch cult begin closing around him.A man searching for his missing brother is drawn into a remote country house where occult dreams, an unsettling host, and an ancient witch cult begin closing around him.A man searching for his missing brother is drawn into a remote country house where occult dreams, an unsettling host, and an ancient witch cult begin closing around him.

  • Director
    • Vernon Sewell
  • Writers
    • Mervyn Haisman
    • Henry Lincoln
    • Jerry Sohl
  • Stars
    • Boris Karloff
    • Christopher Lee
    • Mark Eden
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    3.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Vernon Sewell
    • Writers
      • Mervyn Haisman
      • Henry Lincoln
      • Jerry Sohl
    • Stars
      • Boris Karloff
      • Christopher Lee
      • Mark Eden
    • 83User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast33

    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    • Professor John Marsh
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Morley
    Mark Eden
    Mark Eden
    • Robert Manning
    Barbara Steele
    Barbara Steele
    • Lavinia Morley
    Michael Gough
    Michael Gough
    • Elder
    Virginia Wetherell
    • Eve Morley
    Rosemarie Reede
    • Esther
    Derek Tansley
    Derek Tansley
    • Judge
    Michael Warren
    Michael Warren
    • Chauffeur
    Ron Pember
    • Petrol Attendant
    Denys Peek
    • Peter Manning
    Nicholas Head
    • Blacksmith
    Nita Lorraine
    • Woman with whip
    Carol Anne
    • 1st Virgin
    Jenny Shaw
    • 2nd Virgin
    Vivienne Carlton
    Vivienne Carlton
    • Sacrifice Victim
    Roger Avon
    • Sergeant Tyson
    Paul McNeil
    • Party Guest
    • Director
      • Vernon Sewell
    • Writers
      • Mervyn Haisman
      • Henry Lincoln
      • Jerry Sohl
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews83

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    • Trivia
      Boris Karloff became ill with pneumonia while shooting this project in the freezing rain. It was his last British movie. Filming began on January 22, 1968. Karloff had just finished making Targets (1968) and would recover enough from his illness to star in four Mexican low budget horror movies that were all released in Mexico in May of 1968, his last movies before his death from said pneumonia on February 2, 1969.
    • Goofs
      (at 1:03:10 into the film) A boom mic is visible during the conversation in the police station.
    • Quotes
      • Robert Manning: You know, this is a very interesting old house.
      • Eve Morley: I don't know, it gets a bit creepy sometimes. It's a bit like one of those houses in horror films.
      • Robert Manning: Yeah, I know what you mean. You say Boris Karloff's gonna pop up at any moment.
    • Alternate versions
      Before the film's theatrical release in the U.S. in 1970 by American International Pictures, it contained additional scenes featuring both nudity and mild sadism and masochism. This unedited version, under its original UK title, now appears on MGM-HD and other U.S. cable TV networks.
    • Connections
      Featured in Chiller Theatre: The Crimson Cult (1975)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • April 15, 1970 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Dreams in the Witch-House
    • Filming locations
      • Grim's Dyke House, Old Redding, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England, UK(Craxted Lodge-exterior and interior)
    • Production company
      • Tigon British Film Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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