It is wonderful to read how many people enjoyed, and remembered this film. It was my first feature film, and I had a great cast and crew.
shareMr. Moxey, I have always enjoyed this film. I posted a short critique of it, high in praise of course. I'm looking forward to seeing more films you have made. Regards, Mike Mackin
shareHi Mr Moxey
A great classic movie,i was wondering if you were a fan Christopher Lee's work before he was in your film,and what was he like to work with , with you being first time director at the time ?
John,
Is there any way to find out about the chant or the music in the movie?
Thanks,
Stone
Hi, Mr. Moxey!
God, your movie scared the mess outta me when I was kid--and it's still on my top ten list of the most frightening films I've ever seen. My parents had gone out that Saturday night; my grandmother was busy around the house; and it was just me and my then-five-year-old younger brothers. They kept hiding behind me, and I was scrunching down wishing _I_ could go somewhere and hide without losing face--:). There aren't many horror movies that build such a wonderfully-suffocating sense of dread so that you're scared when someone on-screen just lights a cigarette . . . but this one did. Thanks for such a terrific job!!
I'm a Christopher Lee nut and ordered a 4 dvd compilation with
Horror Hotel. I loved it. It's become one of my favorite movies. I recommend it to TCM all the time. if TCM would ever show it, I'm sure it would become a cult classic if it's not already. ps I think it's one of the few movies that has a spider in the web.
"You've been listening to music for old invalids"--Little Shop of Horrors
I noticed that spider too! It's quick enough that the "rubber toy" nature of it isn't too obvious. The character's reaction is pretty good!
shareAnd you did a wonderful job! I saw this for the first time when I was around 10 or 11 on WNEW-TV in New York, as part of their Saturday evening "Creature Features." I didn't see it again for over 30 years, but I never forgot either the scene of Bill coming up on the burning, laughing image of Elizabeth Selwyn on the road into Whitewood, or the penultimate scene of Bill carrying the cross through the cemetery. Now that I've gotten the DVD, it's a Halloween staple in our house (along with another great, underrated movie on Satanism, the Karloff-Lugosi classic "The Black Cat"). Thank you from a long time fan of one of the finest horror films ever made.
shareHello John, this movie was fantastic. Another movie of yours I absolutely love is Nightmare in Badham county with Chuck Connors, thanks!
shareTurn down the lights, pop this DVD into your DVD player, and...PRESTO!!! You have a film just as creepy and scary as when I saw it in the 70's on a Creature Features late night TV show. Scary, creepy, black and white movies, without gore...will they ever come back again?
shareYour post says it all.
Black and white cinematography simply says it all, far more scary and effective without the colour and 'schlock' factor.
Think Of: "Nightmare" ('63) "The Innocents" and "The Haunting" what is implied and unseen induces fear and terror much more...