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Director:
Bert I. Gordon
Writers:
Bert I. Gordon (writer)
Gail March (writer)
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Release Date:
November 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Plot:
Orson Welles plays the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Pamela Franklin to raise his son from the dead. more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Orson Welles ... Mr. Cato
Pamela Franklin ... Lori Brandon

Lee Purcell ... Priscilla
Michael Ontkean ... Frank Brandon

Harvey Jason ... Dr. Jay
Lisa James ... Georgette
Sue Bernard ... Nancy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joyce Aronson ... Black Sabbath Member
Anna Berglund ... Ass't to High Priest
Derrick Bunch ... Black Sabbath Member
Cybal Del Vecchio ... Witches Coven Member
Valerie Fredericks ... Witches Coven Member
Anne Gaybis ... Spirit (1983 reissue)
Scott Haims ... Black Sabbath Member
Leesi Heasler ... Witches Coven Member
Hugo Huber ... Witches Coven Member
Stephen Knight ... High Priest (1983 reissue)
Kim Levy ... Black Sabbath Member
Angela Marie ... Witches Coven Member
Stephen Mayer ... Witches Coven Member
Debbie McKay ... Black Sabbath Member
Jeanne Metter ... Black Sabbath Member
Kevin Michaels ... Black Sabbath Member
Darlene Orlando ... Black Sabbath Member
Sal Orlando ... Black Sabbath Member
Barbara Peckinpaugh ... Jennie (1983 reissue)
Terry Quinn ... Cato's Son (1983 reissue)
Jeffrey Reagan ... Witches Coven Member
Laurie Senit ... Witches Coven Member (1983 reissue)

Carl Solomon ... Black Sabbath Member
Brinke Stevens ... Black Sabbath Member (1983 reissue) (as Berinka Stevens)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Life for a Life
Rosemary's Disciples (USA) (video title)
The Toy Factory
The Witching (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:18 | USA:PG | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Los Gatos, California, USA
Company:
Compass/Zenith International more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Hokum., 17 December 2001
4/10
Author: gridoon

When you're making a thriller about witchcraft, I believe you should do everything you can to help the audience suspend its disbelief in order for the movie to work. Some pictures ("Rosemary's Baby", for example) have accomplished this; others (like "Necromancy") haven't and the potentially scary material comes across as corny and goofy. This film does have some atmospheric moments, but about half the dialogue is hard to make out (sometimes it's poorly recorded, at other times just incomprehensible) and Orson Welles, who gets top billing, has a role that is so BENEATH him that you have to assume he was desperate for the work. Or maybe he was simply having fun.....(*1/2)

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