- Actors: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor, Betta St. John
- Directors: John Llewellyn Moxey
- Writers: Milton Subotsky, George Baxt
- Producers: Donald Taylor, Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky, Seymour S. Dorner
- Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Vci Video
- DVD Release Date: 23 Oct 2001
- Run Time: 76 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005NKTH
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 44,153 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a slightly different version to Horror Hotel released a few years ago. For one thing, there are no cuts unlike the previous version. Another, picture and sound is far superior as well and also contains extras which I am sure movie fans of Christopher Lee will find very interesting indeed. Plus an interview with Venetia Stevenson, the tragic heroine of the movie. Overall, its a really good buy of a little known Horror Flick first released about 1961 and has stood the test of time. Its spooky, enhanced by its haunting sets in a fog bound village. Much of the movie is dark, but the DVD version looks very sharp and clear. Sound, although mono is adequate. A classy movie which deserves to be seen by a new generation of Horror fans. They knew how to make them in those days.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a classic low budget horror B-movie from 1960. The acting performances and set design are highly stylized and although very visual a lot is left to the imagination. It's shot in B&W and the lighting and cinematography are excellent. This film was a low budget production but the overall package exceeds the sum of it's parts - its high quallity and like a fine wine it will get better with age.
You should buy the VCI version which is the widescreen collector's edition. It was painstaking restored with the cooperation of the British Film Institute and is complete and uncut. The digital transfer is excellent and the audio (mono) is crystal clear. The are also numerous special features such as audio commentary from John Moxey and Christopher Lee. The interviews with Moxey, Lee and Stevenson are highly entertaining. This is a superb example of how a classic film should be restored and released on DVD.
You should buy the VCI version which is the widescreen collector's edition. It was painstaking restored with the cooperation of the British Film Institute and is complete and uncut. The digital transfer is excellent and the audio (mono) is crystal clear. The are also numerous special features such as audio commentary from John Moxey and Christopher Lee. The interviews with Moxey, Lee and Stevenson are highly entertaining. This is a superb example of how a classic film should be restored and released on DVD.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I remember watching this one winters late evening, after the parents had gone to bed. The atmosphere it evoked then can still be found here twenty years later. The film is a chiller in the true sense of the word - it seeps mist, and most of the film is centred around an overgrown graveyard, lending the black and white footage a cold quality. Although Christopher Lee is in this, he's certainly not the star, and the slight hamminess of the young American actors does not detract from the mood of the film either. It comes across as a genuinely dark tale of black magic and witches. (No offence to wiccans)
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