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Devils of Darkness
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Wikipedia article
'Devils of Darkness' is a 1965 British horror film directed by Lance Comfort and starring William Sylvester, Hubert Nol and Carole Gray.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080622151329/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31228 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
It was the last feature film directed by Lance Comfort.
Plot
A group of vampires and satanic worshippers led by Count Sinistre seek fresh victims in a small town in Brittany inhabited by gypsies. Baxter is on holiday with a group of friends in the town. Count Sinistre returns 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 returns to Britain 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 Nol 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."
References
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