Disciple of Death is a 1972 British horror film directed by Tom Parkinson and starring Mike Raven, Ronald Lacey and Nicholas Amer.[1] It was written by Parkinson and Mike Raven.
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| Directed by | Tom Parkinson |
| Written by | Tom Parkinson Mike Raven (as Churton Fairman) |
| Produced by | Tom Parkinson Mike Raven |
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| Cinematography | William Brayne |
Production company | Embassy Pictures |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editIn 18th century Cornwall, a minion of Satan poses as a priest to get closer to young, virginal women needed for human sacrifice.
Cast
edit- Mike Raven as stranger
- Ronald Lacey as Parson
- Nicholas Amer as Melchisidech
- Stephen Bradley as Ralph
- Marguerite Hardiman as Julia
- Virginia Wetherell as Ruth
- George Belbin as Squire
- Betty Alberge as Dorothy
- Rusty Goffe as dwarf
- Louise Jameson as Betty
- Joe Dunlop as Mathew
- Daisika as gypsy
Reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Disciple of Death, the second offering from the Crucible of Terror team, shares with its predecessor the same leading players (Mike Raven and Ronald Lacey) and the use of Cornish locations. The film veers uneasily between Grand Guignol (the close-up of a hand squeezing blood from a heart into a goblet; the dwarf feeding noisily on the parson's neck) and parody, the latter emphasised by Raven's gestures and intonation (straight out of Victorian Era melodrama) and by Lacey's sustained impersonation of Charles Laughton. Tom Parkinson, who both photographed and co-scripted the previous film, shows a good eye for colour, especially the varied reds in the scenes of ritual sacrifice. Occasionally, though, his over-fondness for telephoto shots in the location sequences lends a deadening flatness to the frame."[2]
References
edit- ^ "Disciple of Death". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Disciple of Death". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 39 (456): 230. 1 January 1972. ProQuest 1305834329 – via ProQuest.
External links
edit- Disciple of Death at IMDb
- "Disciple of Death (16mm)" on YouTube
- Review by Chris Wood (archived from the original)
- Reviews at moviesandmania.com