City of the Dead
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| City of the Dead | |
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| Directed by | John Llewellyn Moxey |
| Produced by | Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky Donald Taylor |
| Written by | George Baxt Desmond Dickinson |
| Starring | Venetia Stevenson Christopher Lee |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley Kenneth V. Jones |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Editing by | John Pomeroy |
| Distributed by | Trans-World Film |
| Release date(s) | 1960 |
| Running time | 76 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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City of the Dead is a 1960 film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee and Valentine Dyall. It was released in the United States under the title Horror Hotel.
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[edit] Production
Production began on 12 October 1959 at Shepperton Studios with a budget of £45,000. Milton Subotsky was an uncredited producer of the film, leading some to consider this the first unofficial Amicus Productions film.[citation needed] Officially, it was produced by Vulcan Productions.
[edit] Plot synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
On the recommendation of her professor, a young female student travels to a small Massachusetts town to do some research into witchcraft. She finds the town occupied by the reincarnation of an infamous witch burned at the stake in the 17th century.
[edit] References
- Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.
[edit] External links
- City of the Dead at the Internet Movie Database
- City of the Dead as a free download from the Internet Archive
- Horror Hotel/City of the Dead review
