
The Blair Witch Project(1999)
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.


“300 years old! Human blood keeps them alive forever!”
In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives and checks into the mysterious Raven's Inn to research the town's history with witchcraft.
Dennis Lotis
Richard Barlow

Christopher Lee
Prof. Alan Driscoll

Patricia Jessel
Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless

Tom Naylor
Bill Maitland

Betta St. John
Patricia Russell

Venetia Stevenson
Nan Barlow

Valentine Dyall
Jethrow Keane

Ann Beach
Lottie

Norman MacOwan
Rev. Russell
James Dyrenforth
Garage Attendant
The City of the Dead is a mystery, horror film released in 1960 exploring themes of witch, witch burning, satanism, human sacrifice, witchcraft, indifferent. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, it stars Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel. In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives and checks into the mysterious Raven's Inn to research the town's history with witchcraft.
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