"Horror Hotel" (1960)

[Street Worm]

Here's a groovy little witchcraft flick I'd never seen before-

Horror Hotel

a k a The City of the Dead
1960 - UK - Horror, Suspense/Thriller

Starring: Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson
Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey

George Baxt scripted this extraordinarily good chiller from a story by Milton Subotsky, who also co-produced. A college student (Venetia Stevenson) with an interest in witchcraft goes to the Massachusetts town of Whitewood. It's a foggy, spooky town which gets even scarier when Stevenson discovers that the owner of the Raven's Inn, Mrs. Newlis (Patricia Jessel) is in fact a 268-year old witch. Jessel sold her soul to the Devil to regain her life after being burned at the stake. The whole town is her coven, including Stevenson's kindly history professor (Christopher Lee). Stevenson's boyfriend and brother arrive to look for her and discover human sacrifices and all sorts of evil goings-on. One of the few horror films of the period which still has the power to frighten~

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[Drau]

Oooo! [img]rolleyes.gif[/img]

Hopefully I can find that at the local video store!

[Joranthalus]

That was one of the first i got when i started the mad DVD b-movie kick a few years ago... think i paid $5.00 for it back then [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Pretty decent witch story though...