City of the Dead (1960)
I'm sure you don't need me to tell you how good this British tale of American witchcraft is. Let's just say it's a beautifully atmospheric masterpiece and leave it at that.
I watched the Arrow version with the newly commissioned Jonathan Rigby commentary track. I like Rigby. I love his 'Gothic' books. He's a very knowledgeable source of information and comes across as an entertaining story teller. Because yes, he tells tales, behind the scenes tales, tales about producers Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg and the formation of Amicus Films. From stars Christopher Lee to Valentine Dyall, and Bette St John to Venetia Stevenson - all are discussed here in an engaging style.
In fact you can tell how interesting the talk was as a 76 minute film felt like half an hour at most.
Recommended.
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