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Quick Info

Rating

5.2/10

Release1968

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Tigon British Film Productions

American International Pictures

Movie

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968

1h 27m

5.2

Horror

Mystery

Synopsis

When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.

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