I was the Director

It's a strange and memorable film with a uniquely eerie atmosphere that hooks into the imagination, the way in which the 17th century New England witch-terror and the modern day overlap is spooky and effective, great actors and a striking soundtrack and the mist-shrouded streets of Whitewood create images that stay with you - definitely a lesser-known horror classic and one of my favourite horror films.

I watched it for the first time last night and really enjoyed it. I am a horror fanatic and I thought it was very well made. Thanks for a great film!

I watched this on TV as a kid, probably around 1970 and it really stuck with me, and the end really scared me. I still recall some bits an pieces(spoilers) about some researcher looking into some old story about a witch, and the shadow of the cross. I always though this film was Black Sunday, until I saw Black Sunday again recently and there was no part about the shadow of the cross. Both have witch burnings, and then a curse a few hundred years later. It took some work to find the title.

Mr Moxey, first let me tell you what a brilliant film it is. I am sure I saw it years ago when I was younger, as I had vivid memories of it, when I watched it on the Horror Channel two years ago. I enjoyed it so much that I recorded it whn it was shown a couple of days later and bought it on DVD. I was wondering whether you still had an original script for the film. My email address is [email protected] and would like to talk to you more about this film. Once again thank you for a brilliant film.

Dear Mr. Moxey,
It is an honor to be able to communicate with you. I haven't seen this movie in 30 years and it has left an indelible impression on me. It has got to be one of the best classic horror movies of all time and it's a shame that it hasn't been seen regularly over the years. I just did a search and see that they've made another movie this year. I hope they haven't destroyed your original concept. Hopefully this new movie will bring yours out into the light. It would be wonderful to see it at the Egyptian in Hollywood.
Thanks for the memories.
Lisa de Vincent

Excellent work, Sir.
looking at all of your work, you did much more than the classic "Horror Hotel"

all of those early seventies made for T.V. films.Great stuff.

Thanks again for what you gave us.

Superb cinema! Who can ever forget how chilling Patricia Jessel was in "City Of The Dead" as Elizabeth Selwyn! Superb Cinematography as well as suspense filled direction. Overlooked often, this minor masterpiece had induced palpitations in me as a twelve year old! Spendid lighting and crisp stark fog filled images with sinister characters remain in the memory always...

DEAR MR MOXEY (GENIUS),

I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL WHO HAVE SEEN AND APPRECIATE THIS BRILLIANTLY CHILLING MOTION-PICTURE WHEN I SAY "THANK YOU"! THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A WONDERFUL PART OF OUR CHILDHOOD...HAVING FUN BEING SCARED! I AM A HUGE ENTHUSIAST OF THE HORROR GENRE FROM "BACK IN THE DAY" AS THE YOUNGSTERS NOW SAY. I THINK FOR A MAN PRESENTLY IN HIS MID-40'S WHO RELIGIOUSLY WATCHED "CREATURE FEATURES" ON WNEW METROMEDIA CHANNEL 5 IN NYC AND "CHILLER THEATRE" ON WPIX CHANNEL 11 ON SATURDAY NIGHTS, KNOWS GOOD HORROR. I AM "OLD SCHOOL" 60'S & 70'S...AND HORROR HOTEL'S EFFECT HAS STAYED WITH ME TO THIS DAY! SOMETIMES I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO WATCH IT WITHOUT THE LIGHTS ON, BECAUSE IT IS STILL ...THAT...SCARY!!! I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD COME A DAY THAT FELLOW FANS AND I WOULD HAVE THE HONOR TO WRITE AN ARTIST. TECHNOLOGY IS A WONDERFUL THING! I HOPED THIS FILM WILL NEVER BE REMADE, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COPY A MASTERPIECE!!!

BEST TO YOU & YOURS!
Mr. Kai