‘The high priestess of evil… a monstrous fiend with an overpowering lust for blood…’
Curse of the Crimson Altar is a 1968 British horror film directed by Vernon Sewell (Ghost Ship; The Blood Beast Terror; Burke & Hare).
The film was produced by Louis M. Heyward for Tony Tenser’s Tigon British Film Productions. It is based (uncredited) on the short story “The Dreams in the Witch House” by H. P. Lovecraft. Extra nudity was added for a Continental European release. For the US release, the film was censored by American International Pictures (AIP) and released as The Crimson Cult as the support feature for Horror House.
The movie stars Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Barbara Steele, Virginia Wetherell, Michael Gough and Mark Eden.
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On July 7, 2015, Kino Lorber released the film on Blu-ray in the US with Audio Commentary by David Del Valle and Barbara Steele, In Conversation with Christopher Lee, Interview with Composer Kendall Schmidt, US and UK Trailers.
Plot:
Robert Manning (Mark Eden) goes in search of his brother, who was last known to have visited the remote house of Craxted Lodge at Greymarsh. Arriving at night, he finds a party is in progress, and he is invited to stay by Eve (Virginia Wetherell), the niece of the owner of the house.
His sleep is restless and strange dreams of ritual sacrifice disturb him. Enquiring about his brother, he is assured by the house owner Morley (Christopher Lee) that the man is not here. But Manning’s suspicions are aroused further by his nightmarish hallucinations.
When occult expert Professor Marshe (Boris Karloff) informs Manning about a witchcraft cult based around the ancestral Lavinia Morley (Barbara Steele), the cult is uncovered…
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