Spain, 1974
92m
35mm film, Eastmancolor
mono, Spanish
A Spanish horror film directed by John Gilling.
Plot Summary
Writer Alfred Dawson suffers strange hallucinations under the influence of opium, involving the legendary Knights Templar pursuing a young woman through a forest. He retires to Spain in order to overcome his addiction, but instead encounters the superstitions that are driving his hallucinations. He is followed everywhere by a sinister – and possibly demonic – figure in a black hood who slaughters everyone he meets, framing Dawson for the killings…
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: John Gilling
Depósito Legal: No.40183/1974
Production Company: Bulnes S.A. *
Producer: Diego G. Sempere
Written by: Juan José Porto, Jacinto Molina 1The real name of Paul Naschy.
Inspired by the Stories of: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Director of Photography: Fernando Arribas
Editor: Alfonso Santacana
Music: Ángel Arteaga
Costumes: Cornejo
Key Make-up: Cristobal Criado
Hair Stylist: Carmen Sanchez
Special Effects: Pablo Perez
Art Director: José Ma. Tapiador
Cast
Carmen Sevilla (Maria)
Adolfo Marsillach (Cesar del Rio)
Emma Cohen (Beatriz)
Ramiro Oliveros (Alfred Dawson)
Eduardo Fajardo (Enrique Carrillo)
Mónica Randall (Justine)
Tony Isbert (Iñigo de Ataide)
Fernando Sancho (Ignacio)
Silvia Vivó (Ines)
Eduardo Calvo (prison governor)
Pascual Hernández (civil guard)
Antonio Ramis (servant)
Mariano Cristobal (coachman)
Alternative Titles
Cross of the Devil – USA
The Devil’s Cross
References
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.301
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.324-25, 326, 375
- Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.53
- The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by Peter Dendle p.40
