The Asphyx (1972)

Directed by

Peter Newbrook

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, ghost film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Victorian scientist discovers he can photograph the spirit of death that appears around people at their moment of passing. He tries to capture this spirit to achieve immortality, but his experiments have grim consequences.

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What happens

The Asphyx, also known as Spirit of the Dead and The Horror of Death, is a 1972 British science fiction horror film directed by Peter Newbrook and starring Robert Stephens and Robert Powell. Asphyx refers to the Ancient Greek word asphyxía, meaning "lack of pulse", or English asphyxiation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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