Curse of the Crimson Altar

Curse of the Crimson Altar

5.2IMDb Score
Released:1968-12-01
Duration:87 min
Director:Vernon Sewell
Actors:Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden, Virginia Wetherell, Barbara Steele
Production:Tigon British Film Productions, American International Pictures

Overview:

When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.

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