Terror (1978 film)
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Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell
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| Directed by | Norman J. Warren |
| Produced by |
Richard Crafter Les Young |
| Screenplay by | David McGillivray |
| Story by | Les Young Moira Young |
| Starring |
John Nolan Carolyn Courage James Aubrey Sarah Keller Tricia Walsh Glynis Barber Michael Craze |
| Music by | Ivor Slaney |
| Cinematography | Les Young |
| Edited by | Jim Elderton |
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1978 |
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Running time
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84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Terror is a 1978 British horror film starring John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey, Sarah Keller and Tricia Walsh and directed by Norman J. Warren.
In 17th-century England, the witch Mad Dolly is captured on the orders of Lord Garrick, whose family has suffered greatly at her hands. She is about to be burned at the stake when she begs the Devil to protect her, causing the executioner himself to catch fire. Lord Garrick rushes back to his house, where a disembodied bursts through a wall and strangles him. Mad Dolly appears, beheads Lady Garrick with a sword and curses the family name.
End credits roll, revealing that these scenes form the conclusion to a horror film directed by James Garrick – the last of the Garrick line with his cousin, Ann. He has invited friends to a preview screening at the largely unchanged Garrick residence, of which he is now owner. James insists that his film is based on true events and keeps the sword supposedly wielded by Mad Dolly mounted on a wall.
Gary, a mesmerist, hypnotises Ann as a party trick. Entranced, Ann picks up the sword and brings it down on James, wounding him slightly. She then returns to her senses and flees. When Carol, another of James's friends, leaves the house she is stabbed to death by an unseen assailant. Ann, who lives in a London hostel, arrives home with bloodstained hands.
Several other murders and mysterious deaths follow. At the adult nightclub where Ann and her friends work as waitresses, a patron sexually assaults Ann and is ejected by the bouncer; he is then impaled on a row of spikes and dismembered. At James's film studio, an overhead light falls to the floor and kills Les, a director shooting a softcore pornographic film. James, who detests the film's subject matter, watches this event unfold but makes no attempt to save Les. Viv – the star of the film, who lives in the same hostel as Ann – is later stabbed to death on a staircase; the killer is again not shown. Back at the studio, Philip, James's assistant, is attacked by flying props and equipment, falls through a door and is decapitated by a pane of glass.
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