Puppet on a Chain (1970)

Necromancy (1972, USA) C-79m. ** D: Bert I. Gordon. Starring Orsno Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell, Michael Ontkean, Harvey Jayson. Obvious witchcraft thriller about Franklin, who naively moves into Welles' remote community to be prepared to become a witch in his coven. Quite ambitious direction (like in Gordon's later FOOD OF THE GODS), rousing score, but film is a low-grade ROSEMARY'S BABY clone, nothing more. Some prints run 83m. Alternative titles: A LIFE FOR A LIFE, ROSEMARY'S DISCIPLES, THE TOY FACTORY. Re-released in 1983 as THE WITCHING.


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