House of the Black Death (1971) on Netflix
Belial Desard, a warlock with small goat horns on his forehead, leads a coven of witches. He and his brother Andre have spent years fighting over the family estate.
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Plot summary
Belial Desard and his brother Andre are warlocks who have feuded for years over the family estate. Belial uses black magic against the family, and Andre, who stays bedridden, warns people that his brother is evil. Belial's coven of witches dances before a satanic altar. One of his spells has turned Andre's son into a werewolf, and Andre's daughter is bewitched into dancing and gyrating.
Cast
- Margaret Shinnas Initiate
- George Mitchell Andréas Coven Member
- Catherine Pettyas Martha
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about House of the Black Death (1971)
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- After the first shoot the producers felt the film needed something more, so they hired Jerry Warren to add extra footage to pad the running time and to edit the film. Warren brought Katherine Victor in to play the leader of a coven of witches.
- Harold Daniels first shot the film in 1965 with Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine, and Reginald LeBorg co-directed without credit; LeBorg claimed he did very little actual directing, saying his work was little more than shots of actors wandering among the trees in the forest scenes.
- House of the Black Death was made in 1965, when most new films were being made in color, but it was shot in black-and-white for $70,000.
