Connection
Cross of the Devil is a film of genre Horror directed by John Gilling with Carmen Sevilla
Cross of the Devil (1975)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listLa cruz del diablo is a 1975 Spanish horror film directed by John Gilling and starring Carmen Sevilla, Adolfo Marsillach and Emma Cohen. Its plot concerns a British writer who travels to Spain to visit his sister only to discover she has been killed by a sinister cult. It was based on a short story by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer.
Actors
Carmen Sevilla
(Maria)
Adolfo Marsillach
(Cesar del Rio)
Emma Cohen
(Beatriz)
Eduardo Fajardo
(Enrique Carrillo)
Mónica Randall
(Justine Carrillo)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Cross of the Devil
There are 98 films with the same actors, 38 films with the same director, 9141 with the same cinematographic genres, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Cross of the Devil, you will probably like those similar films :
The Night Caller (1965)
, 1h25Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Noir
Actors John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines, Alfred Burke, John Carson, Warren Mitchell
Rating55%
Scientist Jack Costain (John Saxon) and his aides investigates a meteorite in the British countryside, discovering that it is an alien device from Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. They capture a tall alien and take it to the lab, only to have it escape. Shortly thereafter, teenage girls begin disappearing after answering an advertisement for 'Bikini Girl' magazine. It turns out the aliens want Earth women for breeding purposes...
The Reptile (1966)
, 1h31Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, Jacqueline Pearce, Michael Ripper, John Laurie
Rating60%
Dans un village reculé des Cornouailles, plusieurs habitants meurent après d'horribles souffrances. Le médecin légiste découvre des traces de morsures de serpent sur les corps. Un couple de nouveaux résidents après plusieurs incidents vont tenter de découvrir la vérité.
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
, 1h19Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats
Actors André Morell, Barbara Shelley, William Lucas, Freda Jackson, Richard Warner, Conrad Phillips
Rating63%
Tabitha, the house cat of a wealthy lady, witnesses the murder of her owner by her husband and two servants. The cat becomes bent on revenge while the murderers try to kill her, the only witness.
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
, 1h30Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Peter Cushing, Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Ripper
Rating55%
The Mummy's Shroud is set in 1920 and tells the story of a team of archaeologists who come across the lost tomb of the boy Pharaoh Kah-To-Bey (Toolsie Persaud). The story begins with a flash back sequence to Ancient Egypt and we see the story of how Prem (Dickie Owen), a manservant of Kah-To-Bey, spirited away the boy when his father (Bruno Barnabe) was killed in a palace coup and took him into the desert for protection. Unfortunately, the boy dies and is buried.
The Gamma People (1956)
, 1h16Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Actors Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips, Walter Rilla, Martin Miller, Michael Caridia
Rating53%
A passenger car carrying a reporter and his photographer mysteriously breaks away from their train, accidentally ending up on a side track in Gudavia, an isolated Ruritanian-style one-village Eastern Bloc dictatorship. The newsmen find a mad scientist using gamma rays to turn the country's youth into either geniuses or subhumans at the bidding of an equally mad dictator.
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
, 1h37Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, Billie Whitelaw, Dermot Walsh
Rating68%
In 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland, Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) is a highly skilled anatomist who draws large crowds of medical students to his lectures on the human body. Though he is constantly at odds with his stuffy, backwards colleagues, he is highly venerated by his students and believes his duty is to push the medical profession forward. Unfortunately, due to the laws of the time very few cadavers are legally available to the medical profession, necessitating the use of graverobbers or "Resurrection men" to procure additional specimens. Dr. Knox's assistant Dr. Mitchell (Dermot Walsh) and a young student named Jackson (John Cairney) and are given the task of buying the bodies, which are worth a small fortune... especially when fresh.
, 1h14Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Bela Lugosi, Dora Bryan, Richard Wattis, Graham Moffatt, David Hurst, Judith Furse
Rating38%
Von Housen seeks to dominate the world from his headquarters in London with an army of 50,000 radar controlled robots powered by uranium. He believes himself to be a vampire and has several young women abducted, most recently Julia Loretti who has a map to a uranium mine that he needs for his army.
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
, 38minutesDirected by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors John Stuart, Victoria Hopper, John Le Mesurier
Rating56%
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
, 1h26Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Michael Ripper, Jacqueline Pearce, John David Carson
Rating65%
In a Cornish village in August 1860, the inhabitants of the town are dying from a mysterious plague that seems to be spreading at an accelerated rate. Even the local doctor, Peter Tompson (Brook Williams), cannot combat the disease. Alarmed, Tompson sends for outside help from his friend Sir James Forbes (André Morell). Accompanying Sir James is his daughter Sylvia (Diane Clare). In an attempt to learn more about the disease, Sir James and Dr. Thompson disinter the corpses that were recently buried. To their surprise, the men find all the coffins empty. Conducting further investigations on the mystery lead the doctors to encounter zombies walking near an old, deserted tin mine on the estate of Squire Clive Hamilton (John Carson). Sir James is informed that the squire lived in Haiti for several years and practiced voodoo rituals, as well as black magic. This information leads him to research on the subject of the black arts.
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
, 1h28Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Tom Adams, Dawn Addams, Michael Ripper, Tim Barrett, Joe Don Baker, Sid James
Rating55%
The film begins with a pre-credit sequence in which a group of unnamed terrorists have parked a vehicle containing a guided missile pointed straight at the Palace of Westminster whilst politicians are heard on the film's soundtrack. They are thwarted by a group of older women in a tour group who turn out to be cross-dressing commandos who eliminate the terrorists with sub-machine guns and grenades. They are led by Agent Charles Vine with his second-in-command being Lt. Guy Fawkes who has saved the Parliament of England.