FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

(1973 Horror)





Donald Pleasence and Angela Pleasence




ALTERNATE TITLES:

CREATURES
CREATURES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
LA BOTTEGA CHE VENDEVA LA MORTE (Italian title)
TALES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
TALES FROM THE BEYOND
THE UNDEAD



CAST AND CREW:

PETER CUSHING (Proprietor of Temptations Ltd.)
DONALD PLEASENCE (Jim Underwood)
DAVID WARNER (Edward Charlton)
IAN BANNEN (Christopher Lowe)
DIANA DORS (Mabel Lowe)
IAN CARMICHAEL (Reginald "Reggie" Warren)
MARGARET LEIGHTON (Madame Orloff)
LESLEY-ANNE DOWN (Rosemary Seaton)
NYREE DAWN PORTER (Susan Warren)
ANGELA PLEASENCE (Emily Underwood)

Directed by KEVIN CONNOR
Written by ROBIN CLARKE and RAYMOND CHRISTODOULOU
(Based on stories by RONALD CHETWYND-HAYES)
Produced by MAX J. ROSENBERG and MILTON SUBOTSKY



SYNOPSIS:

FILM: Four men are subjected to supernatural horror, when they attempt to cheat an antiques dealer.

THE GATE CRASHER (Episode I): A man is forced to kill to appese a spirit trapped inside a mirror.

AN ACT OF KINDNESS (Episode II): A business executive's mistress attempts to kill her lover's mentally abusive wife by the means of black magic.

THE ELEMENTAL (Episode III): A medium tries to rid an evil spirit from the left shoulder of a man.

THE DOOR (Episode IV): An ornate door brings madness to a young married couple.



PLEASENCE'S CHARACTER:

Pleasence plays Jim Underwood---an ex-serviceman turned street peddler (Episode II).



PORTRAITS AND STILLS:

  • DONALD PLEASENCE AS JIM UNDERWOOD
  • PLEASENCE AS JIM UNDERWOOD #2
  • PLEASENCE SELLING HIS MATCHES AND SHOELACES
    Photos courtesy of Tim Murphy

  • ANGELA PLEASENCE AND DONALD PLEASENCE
    Photo courtesy of Tim Murphy and Kent Burton



    SCREEN CAPTURES:

  • PLEASENCE SALUTES A FELLOW SOLDIER
  • PLEASENCE SAYS GOODBYE
  • IAN BANNEN AND DONALD PLEASENCE
    Images captured by Christopher Weedman



    REVIEWS:

  • RICHARD EDER (The New York Times)
  • GENE SISKEL (The Chicago Tribune)



    STAR LINKS:

  • THE PETER CUSHING FILM POSTER SITE
  • THE PETER CUSHING MUSEUM AND ASSOCIATION
  • THE PETER CUSHING SHRINE
  • DAVID WARNER: AN ACTOR'S LIFE AND ART



    FILM LINKS:

  • INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE



    Photos © 1973 WARNER BROTHERS / AMICUS PRODUCTIONS. All Rights Reserved.

    Logo designed by Karen Rappaport






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