Curse of the Crimson Altar

Dec 1, 1968

1h 27m

★ 5.2

Come face to face with naked fear on the altar of evil!

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

Tigon British Film Productions

American International Pictures

Curse of the Crimson Altar Trailers

Cast

J.D. Morley

Christopher Lee

Professor John Marsh

Boris Karloff

Robert Manning

Mark Eden

Eve Morley

Virginia Wetherell

Lavinia Morley

Barbara Steele

Elder

Michael Gough

Sergeant Tyson (uncredited)

Roger Avon

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Michael Warren

Esther

Rosemarie Reede

Peter Manning (uncredited)

Denys Peek

Petrol Attendant (uncredited)

Ron Pember

The Vicar (uncredited)

Rupert Davies

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