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Necromancy

  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
979
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Necromancy (1972)
Horror
Mr. Cato is the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Lori Brandon to raise his son from the dead.Mr. Cato is the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Lori Brandon to raise his son from the dead.Mr. Cato is the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Lori Brandon to raise his son from the dead.
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
979
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    • Bert I. Gordon
    • Bert I. Gordon
    • Gail March
  • Stars
    • Orson Welles
    • Pamela Franklin
    • Lee Purcell
    • Bert I. Gordon
    • Bert I. Gordon
    • Gail March
  • Stars
    • Orson Welles
    • Pamela Franklin
    • Lee Purcell
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 40User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Necromancy (1972)
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    Pamela Franklin in Necromancy (1972)
    Necromancy (1972)
    Pamela Franklin in Necromancy (1972)
    Pamela Franklin in Necromancy (1972)
    Lee Purcell and Pamela Franklin in Necromancy (1972)
    Pamela Franklin in Necromancy (1972)
    Necromancy (1972)
    Orson Welles, Lee Purcell, Pamela Franklin, Harvey Jason, and Michael Ontkean in Necromancy (1972)
    Orson Welles, Lee Purcell, and Pamela Franklin in Necromancy (1972)

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    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Mr. Cato
    Pamela Franklin
    Pamela Franklin
    • Lori Brandon
    Lee Purcell
    Lee Purcell
    • Priscilla
    Michael Ontkean
    Michael Ontkean
    • Frank Brandon
    Harvey Jason
    Harvey Jason
    • Dr. Jay
    Lisa James
    • Georgette
    Sue Bernard
    Sue Bernard
    • Nancy
    Joyce Aronson
    • Black Sabbath Member
    Anna Berglund
    • Ass't to High Priest
    Derrick Bunch
    • Black Sabbath Member
    Cybal Del Vecchio
    • Witches Coven Member
    Harris-Metter Flame
    • Black Sabbath Member
    • (as 'Flame' Harris Metter)
    Valerie Fredericks
    • Witches Coven Member
    Anne Gaybis
    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)
      • Bert I. Gordon
      • Bert I. Gordon
      • Gail March
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    • Trivia
      Actress Pamela Franklin and actor Harvey Jason (The Mad Hungarian from The Gumball Rally (1976)) met while making this picture - and have remained married to this very day. Franklin has said in interviews that her marriage is the only good thing to come out of this film.
    • Alternate versions
      Reissue in 1983 under title The Witching had added scenes of full frontal nudity during a coven, including Brinke Stevens.
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      Featured in Elvira's Movie Macabre: Necromancy (1982)

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    5/10
    Outlandish witchery movie in which stands out Orson Welles giving a nice and mysterious acting
    A young marriage (Pamela Franklyn , Michael Ontkean) go to a little town when the husband has got a job at a toy enterprise . There Mr. Cato (Orson Welles) is the head of a community whose one enterprise is the the manufacture of occult toys. Cato runs a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Lori Brandon to raise his son from the dead. Cato, as it turns out , takes his witchcraft seriously and attempts to use to bring his dead son back to life . To do so, he needs a willing sacrifice Life to the Dead and Death to the Living. Enter the Occult World of 'Necromancy"

    Poorly made tale of the misadventures of a young marriage and man's continuity quest for supernatural power , as Welles as the high priest out to get victim Franklyn . It displays ordinary elements of the witchery subgenre : Devil worship, witchcraft , diabolic possession and adding some scenes of fully nude coven worship . The picture displays lots of creepy , eerie and nonsense moments. Bizarre, tense, controversial and with chilling scenes about practices of devil worship and satanism ritual . Production values and set design are highlighted by the usual cool scenarios, as exterior , as colorful interior. Make-up and visual effects provide some much needed jolts . Some of the effects are little dated now, but director Bert I Gordon builds intrigue and tension enough through a stately pace. Top-notch casting , in this otherwise average production , as Orson Welles stands out playing his showy role. Orson's acting , is one of his strongest in an unconventionally nasty role. Whenever he was making a movie just for money , Orson would disguise himself . In this piece of horror trash from filmmaker Bert I. Gordon , Welles wears both a fake nose and a false beard . While Pamela Franklyn -still haunted by debuting in the successful The Innocents- is cool a as the unfortunate victim . Main and support cast are acceptable , such as : Pamela Franklin , Orson Welles , Lee Purcell , Michael Ontkean , Sue Bernard and Harvey Jason who married Pamela Franklyn . Rare and frightening musical score Rob Walsh and Karger . As well as atmospheric cinematography by Winton C. Hoch , John Ford's regular cameraman , and shooting took place in Los Gatos, California.

    The motion picture was regularly directed by Bert I Gordon. He is a good artisan working from the 50s to 2000s , making passable films in low budget. He's directed movies of all kinds of genres as children films : The Magic Sword, The boy and the pirates. About witchery and necromancy : The Witching, Burning at the stake, Satan's princess. Erotic : The Big Bet, Let's do it. And Bert has a penchant for fantasy with giant beings and huge animals : The Cyclops, King Dinosaur, Earth vs the Spider. Beginning of the end, War of the Colossal beast, Village of the giants, Attack of the Puppet people, Empire of the ants, The food of the goods, among others . Rating : 4,5/10, so-so , but acceptable and passable . The tale will appeal to horror pictures harcore enthusiasts and Orson Welles/Pamela Franklyn fans.
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      • August 2, 1973 (Mexico)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Los Gatos, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Compass/Zenith International
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    • 1 hour 23 minutes
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