If It Were In Your Power…Would You Sacrifice Your Wife…Your Children For Immortality? This Is The Story Of A Man Who Did!
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Apr 20226/10
_**Original, intelligent Hammer-esque horror from the early 70s**_ In 1875, a squire in England and his adopted son (Robert Stephens & Robert Powell) find a possible means of acquiring immortality by trapping the spirit of death, aka the mythological ‘asphyx’ or what we would call the Grim Reaper. Unfortunately, when people play God unforeseen negative things tend to happen. "The Asphyx" (1972) is thinking man’s Brit horror in the vein of "The Revenge of Frankenstein" (1958), "Frankenstein Created Woman" (1967) and "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed "(1969), as well as the soon-to-come “The Creeping Flesh”(1973). It’s the most obscure of these films because it’s arguably the least of ’em, but it does feature one of the most imaginative concepts. The special effects concerning the captured asphyx are effective and hold up. Jane Lapotaire as Christina is a unique choice for the lead female. Fiona Walker is also on hand. Look closely at Robert Powell and you might remember him in the iconic role of “Jesus of Nazareth” from 1977. The movie runs 1 hour, 23 minutes, but there is a longer U. S. version with about 12 extra minutes, which is inferior because it includes grainy footage from an
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · May 20236/10
"Sir Hugo" (Robert Stephens) is a much respected scientist in Victorian Britain fascinated by motion pictures. Whilst filming his friends punting on the river; they have a calamitous accident and die. What shows up on his photography afterwards intrigues him - it seems as though a mysterious form is taking over their dead bodies. Could this be the "The Asphyx" of ancient Greek myth? He and his son (Robert Powell) decide to try and investigate further with the aim of capturing one in the hope of potentially achieving immortality. It's well put together, the story and script are solid and the lead performances with Jane Lapotaire as "Christina" are quite entertaining to watch. I found it a wee bit long, but give it a go.
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Cast
- Robert PowellGiles Cunningham
- Robert StephensSir Hugo Cunningham
- Jane LapotaireChristina Cunningham
- Alex ScottSir Edward Barett
- Ralph ArlissClive Cunningham
- Fiona WalkerAnna Wheatley
- Terry ScullyPauper
- Tony CaunterWarden
- Paul Bacon1st Member
Crew
- Peter NewbrookDirector
- Brian ComportScreenplay
- Freddie YoungDirector of Photography
- Bill McGuffieOriginal Music Composer
- Maxine JuliusEditor
- John BrittanyProducer
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