Curse of the Crimson Altar

Dec 1, 1968

1h 27m

★ 5.3

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

Overview

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.

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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