Die Hexe des Grafen Dracula

Originaltitel: Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968
16
1 Std. 29 Min.

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5,5/10

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Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, and Barbara Steele in Die Hexe des Grafen Dracula (1968)

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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Robert Manning besucht das abgelegene Landhaus, in dem sein Bruder Peter zuletzt gesehen wurde. Während sein Gastgeber nach außen hin freundlich zu sein scheint, spürt Robert ein Gefühl der ... Alles lesenRobert Manning besucht das abgelegene Landhaus, in dem sein Bruder Peter zuletzt gesehen wurde. Während sein Gastgeber nach außen hin freundlich zu sein scheint, spürt Robert ein Gefühl der Bedrohung in der Luft.Robert Manning besucht das abgelegene Landhaus, in dem sein Bruder Peter zuletzt gesehen wurde. Während sein Gastgeber nach außen hin freundlich zu sein scheint, spürt Robert ein Gefühl der Bedrohung in der Luft.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,5/10

3166

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Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Christopher Lee regarded this film as one of the worst in his entire career.

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(at 1:03:10 into the film) A boom mic is visible during the conversation in the police station.

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Robert Manning: You know, this is a very interesting old house.
Eve Morley: I don't know, it gets a bit creepy sometimes. It's a bit like one of those houses in horror films.
Robert Manning: Yeah, I know what you mean. You say Boris Karloff's gonna pop up at any moment.

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Before the film's theatrical release in the U.S. in 1970 by American International Pictures, it contained additional scenes featuring both nudity and mild sadism and masochism. This unedited version, under its original UK title, now appears on MGM-HD and other U.S. cable TV networks.

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Featured in Chiller Theatre: The Crimson Cult (1975)

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Under-rated horror outing for three old masters

Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff and Barbara Steele all in one horror flick. How can any fan of British horror from the 1960s fail to be enticed by such a top line-up?

As it happens, Curse of the Crimson Altar is actually an OK film. It was critically mauled and failed to impress at the box office, but it has some enjoyable moments if you're prepared to forgive its rather dated feel. The story is unoriginal and bland, with a young antiques dealer visiting a spooky looking house in search of his missing brother, only to uncover a witchcraft cult. But there are still plenty of moments to savour, such as some deliciously over-the-top sacrificial rituals, plus expertly acted scenes between Karloff and Lee.

The lead character played by Mark Eden (eagle-eyed viewers may remember him as nasty Alan Bradley in the British soap Coronation Street) is a crashing bore, and is nowhere near as handsome as he clearly thinks he is. However, some of the more bizarre characters in this film are really well delineated and make the film worth watching at least once.