Rent Crucible of the Vampire (2019)
2.7 of 5 from 84 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
Isabelle (Katie Goldfinch), a young university researcher, is sent to a country manor house in rural Shropshire to verify an ancient artifact that a family has uncovered during the renovation of their home. However, the artifact has a cursed history and it soon becomes apparent that the house holds a dark secret. While Isabelle sets to work verifying the object she becomes the obsession of the owner's dangerous daughter, Scarlet (Florence Cady), and they develop a strange sexual attraction. A chance finding of a 200 year old journal confirms Isabelle's suspicions that die family are not the only residents of the house and that there is something much darker lurking within its foreboding walls. Uncovering the truth, she finds herself trapped in the clutches of the house's malevolent occupants. - Actors:
- Babette Barat, Florence Cady, Angela Carter, Brian Croucher, Katie Goldfinch, Phil Hemming, Aaron Jeffcoate, Darren Lake, Graham Langhorne, Lisa Martin, Michael Molcher, Neil Morrissey, Charles O'Neill, Richard Oliver, Larry Rew, David Rowlinson, Peter Rowlinson, John Stirling, Jeremy Taylor
- Directors:
- Iain Ross-McNamee
- Producers:
- Amanda Murray
- Writers:
- Darren Lake, Iain Ross-McNamee, John Wolskel
- Studio:
- Screenbound Pictures
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- That's All Fawkes! Top 10 Films Set in the Stuart Era
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/02/2019
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
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Reviews (6) of Crucible of the Vampire
Ambitious story-telling on a small budget. - Crucible of the Vampire review by NP
Director Iain Ross-McNamee makes very good use of what is clearly a small budget, for this UK horror story. Veteran actors Brian Croucher (Doctor Who, Blake’s 7 and EastEnders) and Neil Morrissey (Boon, Men Behaving Badly) feature alongside newer names to give a good variety of ages and acting.
Special effects are used with great restraint, and when they do occur, are pretty impressive. The locations, and the vampiric atmospherics they bring about due to fine cinematography, are more immersive than the story being told, however. Rather than a traditional ‘Wicker Man’-style tale of mysterious locals and cavorting sects, I think a weirder, more personal story would have benefitted from McNamee’s talents. There is a certain Jean Rollin-esque style to some of the latter scenes and the way they are composed. Rather than embracing a style of film that has been told more expensively elsewhere, a more dream-like narrative would have been more suitable. There are several nods in that direction, with a certain erotic charge involving the excellent Katie Goldfinch (as Isabelle) and Florence Cady (Scarlet) and some fine locations (beautifully lit) with a dark fairy-tale quality. A little more of this and this enjoyable 96 minutes might well have been even more absorbing.
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Rubbish - Crucible of the Vampire review by CP Customer
Rubbish film. Rubbish acting, nonsensical plot. Poor direction, poor production. Have I mentioned it's total rubbish.
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Absolutely terrible - Crucible of the Vampire review by GBK
This is a movie that you do not want to waste your time on, The acting is terrible, The quality and story is awful and must have had an extremly limited budget, Very surprised that Neil Morrisey was involved in this as i thought he was a lot better than this film was but even his performance was poor
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