Arrighi Nike, Charles Gray, Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee, long Hammer Studios' house villain, takes a rare heroic turn as scholar and occultist Duc de Richleau, the kind of role that Peter Cushing had made his métier. Lee plays Richle...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 25, 2000
Stats: 165 reviews
a really spooky occult thriller with christopher lee trying to save his friends from a coven of witches. charles gray is fantastically evil and may look familiar to bond fans
One of the best films Hammer made, this sees the studio casting about for new horror subjects and coming up with an adaptation of Dennis Wheatley's Satanist adventure. Richard Matheson, who had scripted many of the superb Poe films for Roger Corman, was drafted in to write. Lee i...( read more)
Christopher Lee fights Satan and Blofeld in this Hammer Horror Classic. An obvious influence on Dr. Orpheus in the Venture Brothers.
Still a great story and Christopher Lee acts his heart out, though if you want something even better you need to read "The Haunting of Toby Jugg" which is by far the best of Dennis Wheatley's work.
One of the great horror thrillers of the 60s. Sure, it's got an Victorian attitude about who's good (Jolly old Englishman) and who's bad (dirty foreignors) but it's a smashing, exciting film that is, in my opinion, director Fisher at the top of his game. I love this movie.
A forgotten & lesser Hammer. CLee was NOT made to play the "good guy". Typical satanic cult plot with a little hypnotism thrown in. Tedious.
Another Hammer horror this time a wicked occult brainwashes people in order to carry out its dark purpose. Worth a watch for the effect of the angel of death, just dont look at it!
This is one of those "this is really bad and yet it's really good and it's even really good BECAUSE it's really bad" movies. One of the few movies based on the life of Aleister Crowley; well, based on a book in which Crowley's supposed wickedness is so exaggerated as to be the co...( read more)
christopher lee proves he can be a great good guy great book too i recommend this to anyone who likes the occult
Hammer dealing with contemporary (70's) Satanists; what more could you ask for?
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