Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

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Curse of the Crimson Altar — official trailer

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What is Curse of the Crimson Altar about?

When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.

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Who stars in Curse of the Crimson Altar?

• Christopher Leeas J.D. Morley
• Boris Karloffas Professor John Marsh
• Mark Edenas Robert Manning

Who made Curse of the Crimson Altar?

• Vernon SewellDirector
• JJohn CoquillonCinematography
• LLouis M. HeywardProducer

What does the cinematography of Curse of the Crimson Altar look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, Curse of the Crimson Altar builds its coverage from medium shots (63% of the sample), with close-ups (19%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer John Coquillon keeps 71% of it in soft, low-key light. 74% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 74% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Curse of the Crimson Altar?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) are #0f0f0d, #30302d, #515250, #251714, #0c2d0a, #4e3b33 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

• #0f0f0d
• #30302d
• #515250
• #251714
• #0c2d0a
• #4e3b33

See the full Curse of the Crimson Altar colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

Techniques in this film

• Vintage Lens Look
• Shallow Depth of Field
• Night Scenes
• Low-Key Lighting
• Two Shots

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