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City of the Dead - John Llewellyn Moxey (1960)



Use the cross as a sword. Only the shadow of the cross can beat them.

Nan Barlow, a student of Professor Alan Driscoll, who is interested in magic, is sent by him to the village Withewood where to gather information about the events from the year 1692. Then Elizabeth Selwyn, suspected of witchcraft, was burned at the stake.
messenger professor stops at the tavern at the Crow ", which will soon begin to happen strange things. Appear mysterious signs and characters. But all this is ignored by the enlightened mind students who require it to reject the belief in such superstitions. Soon, a disbelief leads to tragedy.

Meanwhile, Nan begins to bother her boyfriend (Bill Maitland) and shares these concerns Lost brother - Richard Barlow. This goes to Withewood, followed by him and Bill.
Upon arrival at the place of heroes slowly discover the shocking truth about a mysterious place and servants of Satan, which will have to face. But, as the priest had betrayed them haunted Russell can defeat them only a "shadow of the cross."

film certainly worthy of attention, although probably no longer raise such emotion as in the days when appeared on the silver screen. The greatest problem is not using the full set of ideas here - a lot of interesting characters has been presented quite briefly, while they deserve something more (like the charismatic Reverend Ruseell) plot itself is not very sophisticated, today's viewer is able to quickly predict what might happen, the decisive battle between "the forces of good and evil" is too short and predictable. Despite this, the culminating stage of the film with the scene at the cemetery for a long time may collapse in memory, and even for its own sake should watch it.