Incense for the Damned
Incense for the Damned | |
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Film poster | |
Directed by | Robert Hartford-Davis |
Produced by |
Graham Harris executive: Peter Newbrook |
Screenplay by | Julian More |
Based on |
Doctors Wear Scarlet by Simon Raven |
Starring |
Patrick Macnee Peter Cushing Edward Woodward |
Music by | Bobby Richards |
Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
Production company |
Lucinda Films |
Distributed by |
Titan Film Distribution Chevron Pictures (US) |
Release dates | 1972 |
Running time | 87 min |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Incense for the Damned (also released as Bloodsuckers, Freedom Seeker and Doctors Wear Scarlet) is a 1970 British horror film.[1] Starring Patrick Macnee, Patrick Mower and Peter Cushing, it is based on the 1960 Simon Raven novel Doctors Wear Scarlet.
Plot
The film centers on Richard Fountain, an Oxford don who has fallen under the influence of a mysterious Greek girl and her suspicious associates. Fountain's friends visit Greece to get him back and notice that wherever he has been a number of murders have taken place. They find their friend under the spell of a beautiful vampire, whose blood-sucking methods include the use of S&M sex. Believing that they have killed her, the group return to Great Britain, unaware that their friend is now a vampire.
Cast
- Patrick Macnee as Derek Longbow
- Peter Cushing as Dr. Walter Goodrich
- Alexander Davion as Tony Seymore
- Johnny Sekka as Bob Kirby
- Madeleine Hinde as Penelope
- Patrick Mower as Richard Fountain
- Imogen Hassall as Chriseis
- Edward Woodward as Dr. Holstrom
- William Mervyn as Marc Honeydew
- David Lodge as Colonel
- John Barron as Diplomat
Production
Shooting took place in part in Greece and Cyprus. Money ran out during production causing filming to halt in the spring of 1969; it resumed later on. This involved writing of new scenes with new actors and a new director. Robert Hartford-Davies, the original director, subsequently disowned the movie.[2]
References
- ↑ "Doctors Wear Scarlet". British Film Institute. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ↑ John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 198-202
External links
- Incense for the Damned at the Internet Movie Database
- Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volumen 39 Escrito por Gale Group,Thomas Riggs