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1965 British horror film by Lance Comfort From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Devils of Darkness is a 1965 British horror film directed by Lance Comfort and starring William Sylvester, Hubert Noël and Carole Gray.[1] It was written by Lyn Fairhurst. It was the last feature film directed by Comfort.
 | This article is missing information about the film's production, and theatrical/home media releases. (April 2018) |
| Devils of Darkness | |
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| Directed by | Lance Comfort |
| Written by | Lyn Fairhurst |
| Produced by | Tom Blakeley |
| Starring | William Sylvester Hubert Noël Carole Gray Tracy Reed |
| Cinematography | Frank Drake |
| Edited by | John Trumper |
| Music by | Bernie Fenton |
Production company | Planet Film Distributors |
| Distributed by | Planet Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Count Sinistre was put to death in the sixteenth century for his evil deeds, but rose from the dead. He later killed gypsy girl Tania, whom he then raised from the tomb and married. In 1964 he attacks again, at a small village where Paul Baxter and friends are on holiday. He murders three of Baxter's friends. Baxter, initially sceptical of the supernatural nature of the killings, becomes suspicious and stays in town with a talisman belonging to Sinistre taken from the scene of one of the murders. Sinistre pursues Baxter in an attempt to recover the talisman and murders Baxter's acquaintances along the way.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Unconvincing excursion into the macabre, which is consistently disagreeable but never in the least alarming."[2]
Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film two out of four stars, calling it "Intelligent, with great use of color, but flat, slow, and ultimately trivial."[3]
Leslie Halliwell said: "Mainly tatty shocker with a few lively scenes."[4]
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