The City of the Dead

A young coed (Nan Barlow) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor recommends that she spend time in a small village named Whitewood. He originally came from the village , he also recommends she stay at the Raven s Inn, run by a Mrs. Newlis. When she arrives at Whitewood, she notices macabre happenings, Soon, things begin to happen in earnest, and she finds herself marked for sacrifice by the undead coven of witches. It ms that the innkeeper is actually the undead spirit of Elizabeth Selwyn, and the guests at the inn are the other witches who have come to celebrate the sacrifice on Candalmas Eve. As one of them said when Nan walked away, HE will be PLEASED. Written by John A Kostecki The City of the Dead is a 1960 English-language Horror Mystery film featuring Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Betta St. John, Dennis Lotis, Valentine Dyall, Patricia Jessel and Gerry Wain. Vulcan was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Seymour S. Dorner, Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky and Donald Taylor. The movie is directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. British Lion acquired the distribution rights for the film. The motion picture has a running time of 76 minutes. The City of the Dead was made on a budget of 0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by George Baxt. Cinematography was done by Desmond Dickinson and editing by John Pomeroy. The music was composed by Douglas Gamley along with Ken Jones.
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