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Super 8 version:

Trailer:

Free to watch online in 1080p, however, the running time suggests minor cuts have been made as the 2004 BBFC ’15’ rated version runs 83m 0s

Cast and characters:
Christopher Lee – Morley
Boris Karloff – Professor Marshe
Mark Eden – Robert Manning
Barbara Steele (Black Sunday; Shivers; Piranha) – Lavinia Morley
Michael Gough (Horrors of the Black Museum; Konga; Horror Hospital) – Elder
Virginia Wetherell – Eve
Rosemarie Reede – Esther
Derek Tansley – Judge
Michael Warren – Chauffeur
Ron Pember – Petrol attendant
Denys Peek – Peter Manning
Rupert Davies – The Vicar

Filming locations:
The house used for Craxted Lodge is Grim’s Dyke, the allegedly haunted former home of William S. Gilbert, located in Old Redding, Harrow Weald, North-West London. The building, which is now a hotel, was used for both exterior and interior shots.

Film Facts:
One of Dübreq’s late 1970s Horror Top Trumps game decks contained a card called “High Priestess of Zoltan” that was clearly modelled (unlicensed) on Barbara Steele‘s Lavinia Morley.

Image credits: Alfred Eaker’s The BlueMahler | Button Face Blues

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