posted May 18, 2017 09:44 AM
I have for sale a super 8mm print of the 1968 Horror "THE CRIMSON CULT" Starring Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden, When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming - and his niece more demonstrably so - Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything. 2x400ft Colour / Sound (Walton Print) nice colour £39 plus P&P
posted May 19, 2017 06:06 AM
I've always known this as "The Curse of the Crimson Altar" which is what the Walton catalogue lists it as. I wonder if this copy had been re-named on the box for sale to the USA, which I believe used that alternative (or for the USA should that be alternate??) title.
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posted May 19, 2017 06:57 AM
I still have an original cinema poster of this one. It was one of those movies I got as a birthday present. It was the 200 foot colour sound Walton version which I still have.
For years I wanted to see the full feature film. When I finally saw it on the TV what a big disappointment it was for me. It's bloody awful and even Lee and Karloff couldn't save for me. The 200 footer is a big improvement in my view.
Well done Walton.
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posted May 19, 2017 08:41 AM
I've got the Walton double album of this. I've not seen the full feature but the cut-down works really well so I suspect it's one of those where the cut-down is better than the feature. the colours are really good, but the sound is a little off - it's just not loud enough. I'd be interested to hear what the sound on yours is like, Mark.
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posted May 19, 2017 09:03 AM
John the sound on my 200' version is very clear with adequate volume. Your 2x400' which I have not seen is probably much better than the full movie.
Its a muddled mess of a film which makes no sense. Lee and Karloff are wasted in this movie. One only for the brain dead I think.
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