Crucible of Terror

Crucible of Terror
Crucible of Terror
Directed by	Ted Hooker
Written by	Ted Hooker ; Tom Parkinson
Produced by	Tom Parkinson; executive; Peter Newbrook
Starring	Mike Raven; Mary Maude; James Bolam; Ronald Lacey;
Cinematography	Peter Newbrook
Edited by	Maxine Julius
Music by	Paris Rutherford
Production; company	Glendale Film Productions
Distributed by	Scotia-Barber
Release dates	December 1971 (U.S.); 13 April 1972 (UK);
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£100,000

Crucible of Terror is a 1971 British horror film and directed by Ted Hooker and starring Mike Raven, Mary Maude and James Bolam.^[2]^[3] It was written by Hooker and Tom Parkinson.

Its plot centres on a reclusive artist in Cornwall. Besides painting young women, he has encased the living body of one in plaster and poured into it, through an eyehole, molten bronze, which killed her, made a cast of her body and turned it into a beautiful sculpture. After the bronze sells at a good price, he finds a 'suitable' second woman and attempts to do the same. But before he can, he meets a grisly demise at the hands of the first woman, a member of a 'weird sect', whose spirit has possessed the body of the second woman.

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