Catacombs (1965)

Review: Catacombs (1965)

Director: Gordon Hessler

Cast: Gary Merrill, Jane Merrow, Georgina Cookson, Neil McCallum, Rachel Thomas,

Gary Merrill
Gary Merrill
Jane Merrow
Jane Merrow
Georgina Cookson
Georgina Cookson
Neil McCallum
Neil McCallum
Rachel Thomas
Rachel Thomas

Plot: A rich woman who uses meditation to deal with pain is visited by her niece who returns from Paris. The woman can be a handful and one of her employees suggests to her husband that he kill her freeing them both. When an affair starts between the husband and the niece murder becomes a real possibility. However some people won't stay dead.

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Murder, witchcraft, doppelgangers and stranded astronauts from Imprint

Murder, witchcraft, doppelgangers and stranded astronauts from Imprint

A batch of new releases from Imprint in Australia introduced me to the first feature of Gordon Hessler, a noirish mystery called Catacombs (1965), and provided an opportunity to revisit Sidney Hayers’ excellent supernatural tale Night of […]

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