Devils of Darkness
Devils of Darkness is a 1965 British horror film directed by Lance Comfort and starring William Sylvester, Hubert Noël and Carole Gray.[1][2]
| Devils of Darkness | |
|---|---|
 Home video artwork | |
| 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 |
It was the last feature film directed by Lance Comfort.
Plot
A group of vampires and satanic worshippers led by Count Sinistre (who earlier in the film has claimed Tania, a local gypsy woman as his companion) seek fresh victims in a small town in Brittany inhabited by gypsies. Baxter is on holiday with a group of friends in this town. Count Sinistre returns with Tania after being accidentally resurrected to terrorise the townspeople on All Soul's Night, and murders three of Baxter's friends. Baxter, initially sceptical of the supernatural nature of the town, 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.
Cast
- William Sylvester – Paul Baxter
- Hubert Noël – Count Sinistre
- Carole Gray – Tania
- Tracy Reed – Karen Steele
- Diana Decker – Madeleine Braun
- Rona Anderson – Anne Forest
- Peter Illing – Inspector Malin
- Gerard Heinz – Bouvier – the Hotel Manager
- Brian Oulton – The Colonel
- Walter Brown – Bruno
- Eddie Byrne – Dr. Robert Kelsey
- Victor Brooks – Inspector Hardwick
- Marie Burke – Old Gypsy Woman
- Marianne Stone – The Duchess
- Avril Angers – Midge
Reception
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]
References
- Devils of Darkness. Film & TV Database. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 145-147
- Leonard Maltin; Spencer Green; Rob Edelman (January 2010). Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide. Plume. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-452-29577-3.