Aired Monday 19 February, 9:00pm - 11:00pmon Talking Pictures TV

Curse of the Demon (1957)

Name: Curse of the Demon
Rating: 7.4

Horror

Adaptation of a story by the master of the supernatural, MR James. Dr John Holden, an American psychologist comes to Britain to expose a sinister secret society, but becomes dangerously involved with the cult headed by Dr Julian Karswell. The cult's members pass on runic scrips of paper to their victims, and the receiver is visited by a demon from hell.

IMDb7.4

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Country: United Kingdom

Cast and crew

Jacques TourneurDirector
Dana AndrewsDr. John Holden
Peggy CumminsJoanna Harrington
Niall MacGinnisDr. Julian Karswell
Maurice DenhamProfessor Henry Harrington
Athene SeylerMrs. Karswell
Liam RedmondProfessor Mark O'Brien
Reginald BeckwithMr. Meek
Ewan RobertsLloyd Williamson
Peter ElliottProfessor K.T. Kumar
Rosamund GreenwoodMrs. Meek
Richard LeechInspector Mottrarn
Lloyd LambleDetective Simmons
Peter HobbsSuperintendent
Charles Lloyd PackChemist
John SalewLibrarian
Percy HerbertFarmer (deleted from US print)

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