
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonBetter direction would have benefited a film that nevertheless offers modest thrills for genre devotees. |
| User ReviewPaul CFun (and slightly cheesy and exploitative ) mix of the old (Boris Karloff) and the new Christopher Lee in a very late-60s tale of witchcraft with just a touch of Lovecraft's "Dream in the Witch House". |
| User Reviewemerson 1Boris Karloff's last movie. And what a wonderful movie it is. Also starring Christoper Lee. I have always loved this movie.. |
| User ReviewGhislain BDeux grandes stars, Boris Karloff et Christopher Lee nous offre ici une petit Série B fortement agréable à regarder. C'est kitsch, assez audacieux par moment. le tout ne casse pas de brique mais reste ma foi fort sympathique. |
| User ReviewNicolas GFilm plutot interessant a suivre, la curiosite que vous avez pour decouvrir comment est disparu le frere du personnal principal ne vous laisse pas de repit : vous voulez savoir la verite et regardez jusqu'au bout! |
| User ReviewNicolas MDeux grandes stars, Boris Karloff et Christopher Lee nous offre ici une petit Série B fortement agréable à regarder. C'est kitsch, assez audacieux par moment. le tout ne casse pas de brique mais reste ma foi fort sympathique. |
| User ReviewTristan PMuddled and rather silly horror film, but a must see because of the cast. One of Karloff's last watchable films. Barbara Steele fans will love her in this... |
| User ReviewMarc LSympa ce vieux film de sorcelerie britanique. Un peu kitch mais pas mauvais. |
| User ReviewHis LKarloff and Lee shine in a better than expected movie - nice joke about expecting Boris Karloff to appear at any moment!! |
| User ReviewKevin RBoasting an all star cast (if an underused Barbara Steele), superb sets, marvelous, psychedelic cinematography and a director with a deft hand who could actually bring all of these elements to bear, you would think that Crimson Altar would be a classic talked about in genre circles for decades. Unfortunately though it falls a bit short in the bargain. It manages to blend together the disparate ingredients of late 60's psychedelia, gothic romanticism and dark ages Satanism really rather well but it suffers from having a bit of a standardy supernatural whodunit premise and an anticlimactic finale. |