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February 1973 (USA) more
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Immortality ... what would you sacrifice for it? more
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English country squire Sir Hugo Cunningham searches for immortality by literally 'bottling up' the Spirit of the Dead, or Asphyx. full summary | add synopsis
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Excl: Producer Talks Asphyx Remake
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The single scariest movie seen as a youth. more (33 total)

Cast

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Robert Stephens ... Sir Hugo Cunningham
Robert Powell ... Giles Cunningham
Jane Lapotaire ... Christina Cunningham
Alex Scott ... Sir Edward Barrett
Ralph Arliss ... Clive Cunningham
Fiona Walker ... Anna Wheatley
Terry Scully ... Pauper
John Lawrence ... Mason
David Grey ... Vicar
Tony Caunter ... Warden
Paul Bacon ... 1st Member
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Also Known As:
Spirit of the Dead
The Horror of Death (USA)
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99 min | USA:83 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
The single scariest movie seen as a youth., 15 July 2004
Author: Douglas Walton (dwwalton@hotmail.com) from The Dalles, Oregon

I was able to view this film in Pattonville Germany, in the theater on post. I was 13 or 14 years old at the time. It was a matinée and cost a whole thirty-five cents to see.

This movie is the standard I use to base any and all horror films on, it still gives me the shivers.

It has only been some 30 years ago but I remember the line of the witness when the movie opened when the bus?/truck screeches over the old man, MY GOD HE'S STILL ALIVE the guy says as the guinea pig runs across the screen to the left.

My memory of the asphyx being caught in the light, and the noise of the thing screeching, the man they were hanging was moving around and twitching on the end of the rope, still just freaks me out.

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