Stadt der Toten
(1960)
Regisseur:
John Llewellyn MoxeySchauspieler:
Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Tom Naylor, Venetia Stevenson, Valentine Dyall, Ann Beach, Norman Macowan, Fred Johnson, Maxine Holden, William AbneyDie englische Studentin Nan Barlow reist zu Forschungszwecken nach Whitewood in Massachusetts, wo Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts Hexenverbrennungen stattfanden. Glücklicherweise war ihr Professor so nett, ihr das Raven's Inn für die Unterkunft zu empfehlen. Doch als nach ein paar Tagen der Kontakt zu Nan abbricht, werden ihr Bruder und ihr Freund in England nervös und beschließen, selbst in Whitewood nach dem Rechten zu sehen.
Britischer Horror aus dem Jahr 1960, in dem Zugpferd Christopher Lee ("Dracula") als umtriebiger Professor von England aus seinem Hexenzirkel in New England Nachschub für Menschenopfer verschafft.
A young coed (Nan Barlow) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor recommends that she spend her time in a small village called Whitewood. He originally cam from that village so he also recommends she stay at the "Raven's Inn," run by a Mrs. Newlis. She gets to the village and notices some weird happenings, but things begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself "marked" for sacrifice by the undead coven of witches. It seems that the innkeeper is actually the undead spirit of Elizabeth Selwyn, and the "guests" at the inn are the other witches who have come to celebrate the sacrifice on Candalmas Eve. As one of them said when Nan walked away, "HE will be PLEASED."
A young coed (Nan Barlow) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor recommends that she spend her time in a small village called Whitewood. He originally cam from that village so he also recommends she stay at the "Raven's Inn," run by a Mrs. Newlis. She gets to the village and notices some weird happenings, but things begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself "marked" for sacrifice by the undead coven of witches. It seems that the innkeeper is actually the undead spirit of Elizabeth Selwyn, and the "guests" at the inn are the other witches who have come to celebrate the sacrifice on Candalmas Eve. As one of them said when Nan walked away, "HE will be PLEASED."
