Necromancy | |
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Directed by | Bert I. Gordon |
Produced by | Sidney L. Caplan Gail March Jeffrey M. Sneller |
Written by | Bert I. Gordon Gail March |
Starring | Orson Welles Pamela Franklin Lee Purcell |
Music by | Fred Karger Robert J. Walsh |
Cinematography | Winton C. Hoch |
Editing by | John B. Woelz |
Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Release date(s) | November 1972 |
Running time | 83 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Necromancy (AKA The Witching) is a 1972 horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Orson Welles and Pamela Franklin.
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A strange and sinister man, Mr Cato (Orson Welles), wields extraordinary power in the small town of Lilith. The townsfolk who indulge in weird rituals in their pursuit of necromancy, bring the dead back to life. Against this disturbing background it is a beautiful young girl, Lori (Pamela Franklin), who becomes the human catalyst between life and death.
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in 1972.
The film was released on VHS in the U.S. as The Witching by both Paragon Video Productions and Magnum Entertainment in the 1983.
The film was released on DVD in the United Kingdom by Pegasus Entertainment in 2002. It has still not been officially released on DVD in the U.S.
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