The City of the Dead (1960)

Directed by

John Llewellyn Moxey

Genre

horror film, gothic film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 175 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college student travels to a remote New England town for research and discovers its inhabitants are hiding a dark secret. The townspeople are connected to a centuries-old witch who still holds power over the community.

creepyatmosphericslow-burneeriesuspensefulgothicforebodingtense

What happens

The City of the Dead (also titled Horror Hotel in the United States) is a 1960 British supernatural horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel and Valentine Dyall. The film marks the directorial debut of Moxey. It was produced in the United Kingdom but set in America, and the British actors were required to speak with North American accents throughout. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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