The City of the Dead (1960)
(Horror Hotel)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 78m
Director: John Moxey
Cast: Patricia Jessel, Betta St John, Christopher Lee
Synopsis:
A history student journeys to a Massachusetts village to investigate the witch hunts of the early 1700s.
Review:
A British production reminiscent at its best of the Italian school of horror, this minor film is content to pile on the clichés for most of its length, the most glaring being the mute servant girl. But it achieves some striking effects, such as the figure rising out of the fog at a crossroads, and the climax, though stretching credibility to the limit, and somewhat shirking the explicit demise of villains Lee and Jessel, is nevertheless impressive as one by one the devil worshippers burst into flames.
(Horror Hotel)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 78m
Director: John Moxey
Cast: Patricia Jessel, Betta St John, Christopher Lee
Synopsis:
A history student journeys to a Massachusetts village to investigate the witch hunts of the early 1700s.
Review:
A British production reminiscent at its best of the Italian school of horror, this minor film is content to pile on the clichés for most of its length, the most glaring being the mute servant girl. But it achieves some striking effects, such as the figure rising out of the fog at a crossroads, and the climax, though stretching credibility to the limit, and somewhat shirking the explicit demise of villains Lee and Jessel, is nevertheless impressive as one by one the devil worshippers burst into flames.
(Horror Hotel)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 78m
Director: John Moxey
Cast: Patricia Jessel, Betta St John, Christopher Lee
Synopsis:
A history student journeys to a Massachusetts village to investigate the witch hunts of the early 1700s.
Review:
A British production reminiscent at its best of the Italian school of horror, this minor film is content to pile on the clichés for most of its length, the most glaring being the mute servant girl. But it achieves some striking effects, such as the figure rising out of the fog at a crossroads, and the climax, though stretching credibility to the limit, and somewhat shirking the explicit demise of villains Lee and Jessel, is nevertheless impressive as one by one the devil worshippers burst into flames.