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Curse of the Crimson Altar (Original title)The Witch House (Working title)Witchouse (Alternative title)The Crimson Cult (Alternative title)
Dates: 1968 (Copyright), 08 December 1968 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Vernon Sewell

Synopsis: Antiques dealer Robert Manning visits the foreboding Craxted Lodge in the English countryside village of Greymarsh in the hope of finding his missing brother Peter.

Genre:
Horror
Credits (33)
©: Tigon British Productions Ltd., Filmed on location by: Tigon British Film Productions Limited, Executive Producer: Tony Tenser, Producer: Louis M. 'Deke' Heyward, Associate Producer: Gerry Levy, Production Manager: Alex Carver-Hill, Production Secretary: Cynthia Palmer, Assistant Director: Dennis Lewis, Continuity: Mary Spain, Screenplay by: Mervyn Haisman, Screenplay by: Henry Lincoln, Additional Material: Gerry Levy, From a story by: Jerry Sohl, Director of Photography: Johnny Coquillon, Camera Operator: Peter Hendry, Focus Puller: Tony Breeze, Grips: Michael Beauchamp, Editor: Howard Lanning, Editing Assistant: Marion Curren, Jonathan Morris, Art Director: Derek Barrington, Property Master: John Poyner, Construction Manager: Maurice Smith, Costume Designer: Michael Southgate, Make-up: Pauline Worden, Make-up: Elizabeth Blattner, Hairdresser: Ann Fordyce, Processed at: The Rank Laboratories, Music Composed and Conducted by: Peter Knight, Sound Mixer: Kevin Sutton, Dubbing Mixer: Hugh Strain, Dubbing Editor: Dennis Lanning
Cast (32)
Boris Karloff (Professor John Marsh), Christopher Lee (J.D. Morley), Mark Eden (Robert Manning), Barbara Steele (Lavinia), Michael Gough (elder), Virginia Wetherell (Eve Morley), Rosemarie Reede (Esther), Michael Warren (Basil, the chauffeur), Denys Peek (Peter Manning), Nita Lorraine (woman with whip), Jenny Shaw (2nd virgin), Roger Avon (Sergeant Tyson), Christine Pryor, Stephanie Marrion (party girl), Millicent Scott (stripper at party), Tasma Bereton (party girl who is painted), Lita Scott (girl with cockerel), Douglas Mitchell (2nd driver in car chase), Derek Tansley (judge), Ron Pember (petrol attendant), Nicholas Head (blacksmith), Carol Anne (1st virgin), Vivienne Carlton (sacrifice victim), Paul McNeil (party guest), Kerry Dean, Rosalind Royale (party girl), Vicky Richards (belly dancer at party), Kevin Smith (drunk at party), Terry Raven (1st driver in car chase), Nova St. Claire (girl in car chase), Rupert Davies (vicar), Jeanette Wild