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Horror Hotel

Titre original : The City of the Dead
  • 1960
  • PG-13
  • 1h 18min
NOTE IMDb
6,7/10
9,3 k
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Christopher Lee in Horror Hotel (1960)
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.

  • Réalisation
    • John Llewellyn Moxey
  • Scénario
    • Milton Subotsky
    • George Baxt
  • Casting principal
    • Patricia Jessel
    • Dennis Lotis
    • Christopher Lee
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,7/10
    9,3 k
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    • Réalisation
      • John Llewellyn Moxey
    • Scénario
      • Milton Subotsky
      • George Baxt
    • Casting principal
      • Patricia Jessel
      • Dennis Lotis
      • Christopher Lee
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    Horror Hotel
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    Patricia Jessel
    Patricia Jessel
    • Elizabeth Selwyn…
    Dennis Lotis
    Dennis Lotis
    • Prof. Richard Barlow
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Prof. Alan Driscoll
    Tom Naylor
    • Bill Maitland
    Betta St. John
    Betta St. John
    • Patricia Russell
    Venetia Stevenson
    Venetia Stevenson
    • Nan Barlow
    Valentine Dyall
    Valentine Dyall
    • Jethrow Keane
    Ann Beach
    Ann Beach
    • Lottie
    Norman MacOwan
    Norman MacOwan
    • Rev. Russell
    Fred Johnson
    Fred Johnson
    • The Elder
    James Dyrenforth
    James Dyrenforth
    • Garage Attendant
    • (as Jimmy Dyrenforth)
    Maxine Holden
    • Sue
    William Abney
    • Policeman
    Andy Alston
    • Villager Lighting Pyre
    • (non crédité)
    Ted Carroll
    Ted Carroll
    • Coven Member
    • (non crédité)
    Rodney Dines
    • Student
    • (non crédité)
    Nickolas Grace
    Nickolas Grace
    • Minor Role
    • (non crédité)
    Anthony Lang
    • Coven Member
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • John Llewellyn Moxey
    • Scénario
      • Milton Subotsky
      • George Baxt
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    Rastacat1

    One of the best B&W horror movies of the 60's.

    I first saw this movie in the mid 70's late one Saturday night on Sinister Cinema in Portland, OR and it kind of scared the crap out of me. They replayed it about a year later and same thing: It scared the crap out of me. I have now seen it 6 or 7 times over the years including twice in the last few months with the VCI Entertainment version of the dvd.

    The movie doesn't scare me like it used to, but it still amazes me how it transports me into it's own world of the fog shrouded town of Whitewood, Massachusetts. The story itself is common enough: A woman (Patricia Jessel) is burned at the stake for witchcraft and she leaves a curse on the people of the town as she is consumed by the flames. Forward 300 years to the present day and we have Nan Barlow (Venetia Stevens) as a self determined college student who decides to write a paper on witchcraft. Her professor, Alan Driscoll (Christopher Lee), gives her directions to the town of Whitewood where 300 years earlier an alleged witch was burned at the stake. She goes to the town and after a few days disappears. Her brother then goes to the hotel where she was last seen, and runs into all kinds obstacles, not the least of which is the innkeeper of the Whitewood Inn, who just happens to look exactly like the witch burned 300 years earlier, and also Christopher Lee who happens to be a long ago resident of Whitewood

    There is an old, blind priest who stays in his church despite the fact that he has no congregation. His granddaughter, Betta St. John (Patricia Russell), who seems to not be a witch, and has just returned to the town to take care of her grandfather, runs the local used book and antique store. She had befriended Nan before she disappeared and is now working with her brother, Dennis Lotis (Richard Barlow), to try and find out what happened to Nan.

    Of course they run into the witches along they way and there is a showdown of sorts. The strength of this movie is in it's crisp acting and smart script. Especially notable are Patricia Jessel, Christopher Lee and Venitia Stevens. Despite it's low budget, the director, John Llewellyn Moxey, has made an altogether unforgettable film. This ranks right up there with other unique horror movies such as Carnival of Souls (1962), The Wicker Man (1973), The Thing From Another World (1951), and Village of the Damned (1960).

    The VCI Entertainment release is just what this movie has needed for years. An excellent transfer at 1.66:1 with two extra minutes of footage added from previous video and dvd releases. There is a commentary by director John Llewellyn Moxey and another separate commentary by Christopher Lee. There are also three interview segments with Lee, Moxey and Venetia Stevenson. Pretty impressive extras for a 40 year old low budget movie.

    The commentary by Christopher Lee is interesting in that he has not seen this movie since it came out 41 years earlier. He is watching it with an interviewer from VCI who knows more about what is going on in the movie than Lee does. But Lee's ability to recall information about people and give anecdotal information is unsurpassed. He is literally a walking, talking encyclopedia of info on people he has worked with over the years.

    This is one of my prize dvd's and I really cannot recommend it highly enough. The VCI version lists for around $25 but I have seen it cheaper. There are also several basic versions without the extras (or extra footage) of the movie along with another movie on one dvd. Most notably the Diamond Entertainment version where it is packaged along with Carnival of Souls for under $10.
    Infofreak

    Surprisingly good! Atmospheric and imaginative witchcraft chiller.

    'Horror Hotel' (sadly the copy I bought has this tacky title, which is the only thing I can fault about it) really surprised me at just how creepy and atmospheric it was. I was expecting some camp fun, but it is actually a very effective and inventive movie for such a cheap effort. The story sucks you in, and the acting for the most part is above average. Christopher Lee is billed as the star, which isn't exactly true, but he is excellent in his scenes, and Patricia Jessel is even better in a very enjoyable duel role. I also admire how director John Moxey (his movie debut. He also went on to make 'Circus Of Fear') was able to conjure up a spooky New England town with basically just a few sets and some fog. A great example of imaginative low budget horror movie making at its best! Highly recommended to fans of 'Carnival Of Souls', and 'Black Sunday'. 'Horror Hotel' isn't a great an achievement as either, but it shares some similarities in style and feel. This is one extremely underrated movie!
    7pumaye

    Excellent old vintage stuff

    A more than good b/w horror movie, based on witchcraft and satanism, with a very good cast and definitely a correct atmosphere. A young collegial goes to a small Massachussets town and find a coven of three hundred years old Satan worshippers. Maybe a little dated, but still more than watchable.
    8AlsExGal

    Cheap quickie horror film that is extremely effective

    This film remains under-rated and under the radar for it's atmosphere, cinematography, and editing (especially one great match-cut).

    The film opens on the New England village of Whitewood in 1692. The Puritans are getting ready to burn a witch. What makes this different? For one, nobody was ever burned at the stake for witchcraft in what is now the USA - they hanged them. But burning is much more creepy and cinematic. Also, they happen to be burning an actual witch - Elizabeth Selwyn. At first she begs for help from Jethro, a puritan in the crowd. Jethro is asked if he knows this witch. He says no. As she is burning, Selwyn sends up a prayer to Lucifer that she will serve him for eternity if he curses Whitewood for her sake. Jethro sends up affirmations to Lucifer too. Note to Jethro - after this burning is over you might want to leave town because praying to Lucifer with a condemned witch is just not good form in a paranoid conformist society such as 17th century New England.

    Cut to present day (1962) and a professor (Christopher Lee) is lecturing students on this particular incident on his series of talks on witchcraft. One particular student says she wants to do some field work on this subject, and the professor directs her to Whitewood and to the innkeeper of the town's inn. When the student arrives she finds it forboding, and small groups of people gather in the street and stare at her. A ghostly fog shrouds everything. Let's just say our heroine gets more than enough field work to satisfy her thesis.

    Soon, back home, her brother and boyfriend get concerned and they head to Whitewood too. Let me just say that this is one of those horror fllms in which the characters refuse to acknowledge the clues/warnings that would turn most of us in the opposite direction, but then we would have no movie if everybody had their curiosity tempered by self preservation.

    With cinematography by Desmond Dickinson that is wonderfully atmospheric and eerie with one of the great inspired endings to a horror film.

    Eeriest scene to me? When the innkeeper at Whitewood asks the young visiting coed if she would like to join the other guests in dancing and you see them spinning and pirouetting about in perfect synchronization as though they are decorative mechanical figures dancing in a jewelry box.

    I'd recommend this one today. It really holds up and the horror - though not graphic at all - is very effective.
    Backlash007

    "Burn the witch!!"

    Strangers rarely come to Whitewood...and for good reason. For it's inhabited with witches and warlocks...and Christopher Lee! He's absolutely menacing in his role of Professor Driscoll. Horror Hotel (aka: The City of the Dead) is a just an old fashioned horror story, it's even kind of creepy. I think this one is all about the atmosphere; a dark and rickety hotel located in an aging New England town that boasts an excellent use of fog that would make John Carpenter envious. It's something to be seen. Horror Hotel is slightly dated, but not too shabby. After all, "the basis of reality is fairy tales, and the basis of fairy tales is reality"

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    • Anecdotes
      This movie's US release under the title of "Horror Hotel" omitted the following lines during Elizabeth Selwyn's burning at the stake in the first scene, which are critical to fully understanding the plot, but apparently offended American censors: Elizabeth Selwyn: "I have made my pact with thee O Lucifer! Hear me, hear me! I will do thy bidding for all eternity. For all eternity shall I practice the ritual of Black Mass. For all eternity shall I sacrifice unto thee. I give thee my soul, take me into thy service." Jethro Keane: "O Lucifer, listen to thy servant, grant her this pact for all eternity and I with her, and if we fail thee but once, you may do with our souls what you will." Elizabeth Selwyn: "Make this city an example of thy vengeance. Curse it, curse it for all eternity! Let me be the instrument of thy curse. Hear me O Lucifer, hear me!"
    • Gaffes
      When they are waiting in the cemetery for the clock to strike 13, the clock actually strikes 14 times.
    • Citations

      Reverend Russell: They must sacrifice a young girl on two nights of the year.

      Richard Barlow: When are these nights, sir?

      Reverend Russell: Candlemas Eve, and the Witch's Sabbath.

      Richard Barlow: Candlemas Eve, that, that's February the 1st, when is the Witch's Sabbath?

      Reverend Russell: *Tonight*.

    • Versions alternatives
      The original U.S print (titled "Horror Hotel") is around 2 minutes shorter than the "City Of The Dead" version, and is missing most of the cursing made by Elizabeth Selwyn to the villagers during the opening burning and some of the conversation between Driscoll and Barlow as they discuss belief in the supernatural.
    • Connexions
      Featured in Creature Features: Horror Hotel (1971)
    • Bandes originales
      Happy Birthday
      (uncredited)

      Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 13 janvier 1965 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • La cité des morts
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(Studio)
    • Société de production
      • Vulcan Films
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      • 45 000 £GB (estimé)
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    • Durée
      1 heure 18 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.66 : 1

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