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The Black Torment (1964)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1964
Running Times: 90 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono
DIRECTION
Directed by: Robert
Hartford-Davis
 PRODUCTION
Copyright: © MCMLXIV [1964] by Compton-Tekli Film Productions Limited
Production Companies: Michael Klinger and Tony Tenser present a Compton-Tekli
production
Produced by: Robert
Hartford-Davis
Associate Producer: Robert Sterne
SCRIPT
Original Screenplay by:Donald
and Derek Ford
DIRECTION
1st Assistant Director: Ted Sturgis
Assistant Directors: Ray Frift, Roger Simons
Continuity: Lee Turner
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Newbrook
Camera Operator: Dennis Lewiston
Focus: Ronnie Fox-Rogers
Clapper/Loader: Colin Corby
Grip: Ray Jones
Stills: Laurie Turner
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Alastair McIntyre
Assistant Editors: Karen Heward, Elizabeth Thoyts, Michael Hopkins
MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Robert Richards
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Bert Ross
Sound Recordist: John Aldred
Boom Operator: Peter Dukelow
Sound Supervisor: John Cox
Dubbing Editor: Peter Thornton
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Wardrobe Supervisor: Elsa Fennell
Costumes by: Bermans
Make-Up: George Partleton
Hairdresser: Joan White
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Alan Harris
Asst. Art Director: John Siddall
Property Master: Sid Leggatt
OTHER CREW
Production Controller: Terry Glinwood
STUNTS
Special Action and Sword Fight Arranged by: Peter Brace
CAST
Starring
Heather Sears (Lady Elizabeth)
John Turner (Sir Richard Fordyce)
Ann Lynn (Diane)
with
Peter Arne (Seymour)
Norman Bird (Harris)
Raymond Huntley (Colonel Wentworth)
Annette Whiteley (Mary)
Francis de Wolff (Black John)
Joseph Tomelty (Sir Giles)
Patrick Troughton (stable hand)
Roger Croucher (apprentice)
Charles Houston (Jenkins)
Derek Newark (coachman)
Kathy Macdonald (Kate)
Bill Cummings, Frank Hayden, Jack Taylor (soldiers)
Edina Ronay (Lucy Judd)
PLOT SUMMARY
In 1780, Sir Richard Fordyce returns to his ancestral home in the village
of Tiverton with his newly-acquired second bride Elizabeth to face hostility
from his staff and the local villagers. It seems that while he was away,
a doppelganger has been raping and murdering his way through the neighbourhood
and the locals are muttering about witchcraft. To make matters worse,
the ghost of Fordyce's first wife rides around the grounds yelling "Murderer!"
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributor: International Film Distributors
Video Distributor: CIC Video
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Governor Films Inc
Video Distributor: VCL; CIC Video; Sinister Cinema
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: banned in 1965
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: X; 15
1965
March
1: Denmark - theatrical release
August
9: Sweden - theatrical release
What was the deadly power that desired and devoured the
women of Fordyke?
a creature from the grave bears witness to murder!
terror creeps from the fringe of fear to the pit of panic
and horror piles upon suspense as evil plunges him into [The Black
Torment]
Estate of Insanity
Grauen auf Black Torment, Das - West German title
Horror en la mansión Fordyke - Spanish title
Morte nera, La - Italian title
Spectre maudit, Le - French title
PERIODICALS
Video Watchdog no.14 p.18 (USA)
review
BOOKS
Creature Features Strikes Again by John
Stanley p.46
review
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by
Walt Lee p.38
credits
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
ghosts, gothic
horror, revenge
Last Updated:
28 July, 2009
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