Sunday, October 19, 2025

The Crimson Cult aka Curse of the Crimson Alter (1968)

 A grown man searching for his lost brother, traces his movements to a rural English village; the peculiarities of whose history has lead to odd rituals both public and private. Featuring a hunched back Micheal Gough, Barbara Steele in greenface, a meta appearance by a dying Boris Karloff, and of course Christopher Lee. This was sold to me as H P Lovecraft inspired, however I found there to be more of the spirit of two other roughly contemporary Christopher Lee films here (The Devil Rides Out, The Wickerman) then strong Lovecraftian vibes, not that those are totally absent. **


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