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Cast
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Dr. John Holden
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| Peggy Cummins | ... |
Joanna Harrington
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Niall MacGinnis | ... |
Dr. Julian Karswell
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Maurice Denham | ... |
Professor Henry Harrington
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Athene Seyler | ... |
Mrs. Karswell
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Liam Redmond | ... |
Professor Mark O'Brien
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Reginald Beckwith | ... |
Mr. Meek
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Ewan Roberts | ... |
Lloyd Williamson
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Peter Elliott | ... |
Professor K.T. Kumar
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Rosamund Greenwood | ... |
Mrs. Maggie Meek
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Brian Wilde | ... |
Rand Hobart
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Richard Leech | ... |
Inspector Mottrarn
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Lloyd Lamble | ... |
Detective Simmons
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Peter Hobbes | ... |
Superintendent
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Charles Lloyd Pack | ... |
Chemist
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Dr. John Holden ventures to London to attend a paranormal psychology symposium with the intention to expose devil cult leader, Julian Karswell. Holden is a skeptic and does not believe in Karswell's power. Nonetheless, he accepts an invitation to stay at Karswell's estate, along with Joanna Harrington, niece of Holden's confidant who was electrocuted in a bizarre automobile accident. Karswell secretly slips a parchment into Holden's papers that might possibly be a death curse. Recurring strange events finally strike fear into Holden, who believes that his only hope is to pass the parchment back to Karswell to break the demonic curse. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
July 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Curse of the Demon See more »Filming Locations:
Associated British Picture Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Narrator: It has been written since the beginning of time, even unto these ancient stones, that evil supernatural creatures exist in a world of darkness. And it is also said man using the magic power of the ancient runic symbols can call forth these powers of darkness, the demons of Hell.
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(uncredited)
Music by Fela Sowande
Chappell Recorded Music Library
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Trivia
Beginning in the 1980s, Columbia Pictures replaced their edited 83-minute U.S. version with the uncut original 95-minute version while retaining the U.S. title "Curse of the Demon." The various video releases, and pay-tv showings, have used this restored version. A DVD release contained both versions. See more »Goofs
When Harrington hits and destroys the power-line pole, the charge meant to separate the upper and lower half actually explodes blowing out smoke and debris instead of simply cracking the pole. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: It has been written since the beginning of time, even unto these ancient stones, that evil supernatural creatures exist in a world of darkness. And it is also said man using the magic power of the ancient runic symbols can call forth these powers of darkness, the demons of Hell.
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Soundtracks
"Plain Song"(uncredited)
Music by Fela Sowande
Chappell Recorded Music Library
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I thought I had heard awhile back that Jacques Tourneur didn't want to show the demon. Does anybody know if this is so? Having worked with Val Lewton, this would seem possible. If so, it's a shame Tourneur isn't around to put a director's cut on the DVD instead of Curse Of The Demon which is a little redundant being on the same DVD as Night Of The Demon. I found the demon scary when I was 12 years old and would not have enjoyed the film as much without it. Now, of course, the film would seem better without it. The atmosphere of Tourneur's work that I've seen; this,I Walked With A Zombie, Out Of The Past, and that Twighlight Zone episode (one of the best) of the elderly lady getting calls from her deceased husband consistently has that great nocturnal, shadowy and mysterious quality to it. This body of work alone is enough to make him one of my favorite directors. Even if this isn't one of Dana Andrews best performances, his stubborn skepticism is convincing enough to contrast nicely with Carswell's over politeness. As old horror movies go; this ranks up there with The (original) Haunting, Eyes Without A Face, Black Sunday and early Universals as the best among the old black and whites for me. Strangely enough, I happened to have watched it earlier this (yesterday now) evening October 28th which IS the night of the demon. Coincidence? **** out of *****