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Featuring:
Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon
Written by:
Harry Spalding
Directed by:
Don Sharp
Release Date:
March 1, 1964
Original Title:
Witchcraft
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
Lippert Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 79
When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
Since the 17th Century when the Lanier's buried a Whitlock woman alive as a witch and took over the Whitlock estate, the Whitlocks have hungered for revenge. Against the wishes of both families, Amy Whitlock and Bill Lanier are planning on getting married. The Laniers have sent bulldozers onto the old Whitlock Estate to level the land for a construction project. Morgan Whitlock and his daughter Amy make a futile effort to stop the bulldozers that overturn headstones and churn up graves in the Whitlock Cemetery. That night, an overturned coffin opens and Vanessa Whitlock, the witch buried centuries ago, rises from the grave. Together with Morgan, they use their supernatural powers and soon, one-by-one, the Laniers meet with fatal accidents. Tracy Lanier follows Amy into the family crypt and is astonished to see Vanessa and her witches in weird supernatural rites.
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Art Direction:
George Provis
Assistant Director:
Frank Nesbitt
Assistant Editor:
Clive Smith
Camera Operator:
Len Harris
Conductor:
Philip Martell
Continuity:
Renée Glynne
Director:
Don Sharp
Director of Photography:
Arthur Lavis
Editor:
Robert Winter
Hairdresser:
Joyce James
Makeup Artist:
Harold Fletcher
Original Music Composer:
Carlo Martelli
Producer:
Robert L. Lippert
Jack Parsons
Production Manager:
Clifton Brandon
Production Secretary:
Barbara Allen
Sound Editor:
Spencer Reeve
Sound Recordist:
Buster Ambler
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Jean Fairlie
Writer:
Harry Spalding
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