Cry of the Banshee overview

Cry of the Banshee

Synopsis:

The inimitable Vincent Price puts an interesting spin on this otherwise pedestrian witch-hunt exercise -- a rehashing of Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm) and several of Roger Corman's numerous Poe variations from the previous decade. Here Price plays Edward Whitman, a corrupt, sadistic magistrate in 16th-century Ireland who puts a quick and deadly stop to the activities of a local Druidic coven... but not before the sect's leader Oona (Elisabeth Bergner) puts a curse on him and the Whitman family line, calling up a vengeful spirit known as a "sidhee" which takes flesh in the form of an otherwise mild-mannered stable boy (Patrick Mower).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Gordon Hessler
  • Studio: American International Pictures
  • Year: 1970
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Country: UK
  • MPAA Rating: PG
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Horror
  • Filmed in: Color

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