movie poster for THE CITY OF THE DEAD

Flicks ID

304

Cert

15

Running time

77 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE CITY OF THE DEAD (1960)

JOHN LLEWELLYN MOXEY

Plot

A young coed (Nan Barlow) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor recommends that she spend her time in a small village called Whitewood. He originally cam from that village so he also recommends she stay at the "Raven's Inn," run by a Mrs. Newlis. She gets to the village and notices some weird happenings, but things begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself "marked" for sacrifice by the undead coven of witches. It seems 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 Candlemas Eve.