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Catacombs (1964)

Catacombs poster
Directed by
Gordon Hessler
Genre
horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
12
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her husband's estate after a long absence. She finds herself caught in a web of secrets and danger within the old house.

darkmysterioussuspensefuleerieslow-burnatmosphericgothictense

What happens

Catacombs (U.S. title: The Woman Who Wouldn't Die) is a 1965 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Gary Merrill, Georgina Cookson and Jane Merrow. The screenplay was by Daniel Mainwaring based on the 1959 novel of the same title by Jay Bennett. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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