CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (1968) ¢ ¢
D: Vernon Sewell
Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden,
Barbara Steele, Virginia Wetherell, Michael Gough,
Ron Pember, Rosemarie Reede, Michael Warren
Karloff plays an expert on witchcraft and Lee plays the lord of an estate where there are decadent parties and other strange goings on. The stars notwithstanding, it's fairly routine horror, with silly-looking satanic rituals and tacky-looking psychedelic effects. It's late-career Karloff, and he plays most of it in a wheelchair. Barbara Steele makes a colorful impression but gets relatively little screen time as (what else?) a witch. Alternate title: "The Crimson Cult".
