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A satanic cult led by Baron Corofax (Peter Cushing) kidnaps three young people and Father Roche (Donald Pleasence) & Milo (Costa Skouras/Kostas Karagiorgis) must save them from the hands of this evil.
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| Homepage | http://www.crownintlpictures.com/lntitles.html |
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| Release Date | 1976-08-11 |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Directors | Kostas Karagiannis, Aris Stavrou |
| Producers | Nick Morrison, Frixos Constantine, Herbert G. Luft |
| Writer | Arthur Rowe |
A pretty drudgy effort from all concerned. Peter Cushing is the sinister baron living in a castle in Greece when young people start to go missing. A priest (Donald Pleasance) is soon hot on the trail and together with Kostas Karagiorgis discovers a coven (?) of pagan minotaur worshippers. It is odd to see Cushing playing the baddie quite this blatantly, and perhaps if he featured a little more then the film would be better. Unfortunately, it's all just a bit too procedural - lots of screaming, a fair bit of rather gratuitous nudity, and lots of thick, gloopy, tomato sauce - without the style of a Hammer production to underpin it. Watchable, though, if you like the genre - and there is a cracker of a song at the end that really doesn't fit at all.
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