cult film freak: beth morris

Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2024 / No comments / beth morris , body count , british , horror , james bolam , john arnatt , judy matheson , mary maude , me me lai , melissa stribling , mike raven , mystery , ronald lacey , seventies , thriller

MARY MAUDE WITH JUDY MATHESON IN 'CRUCIBLE OF TERROR'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLtdcs-KbUeL7Te_r4KkjY0WlBVbA7JCxq0yC3mjjvEkyL7n9-MtmEnPFaBhzSKtTwMawsw1DDNgoE-uuAUKnkxirJCslFqnWRXg_rk9ykXsp6eD4c4htEHIXTLPIGY5gfsVCQO_y1iloBtEDP933qo0bNi_2JQzjFngkCOi2Yb103hidI-efr2kh8Ody/s2072/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-29%20at%207.09.18%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="2072" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLtdcs-KbUeL7Te_r4KkjY0WlBVbA7JCxq0yC3mjjvEkyL7n9-MtmEnPFaBhzSKtTwMawsw1DDNgoE-uuAUKnkxirJCslFqnWRXg_rk9ykXsp6eD4c4htEHIXTLPIGY5gfsVCQO_y1iloBtEDP933qo0bNi_2JQzjFngkCOi2Yb103hidI-efr2kh8Ody/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-29%20at%207.09.18%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Maude in CRUCIBLE OF TERROR Year: 1971 Rates: ***1/2 </td></tr></tbody></table>Fair and sophisticated, lithe and docile, straight-long-haired classic British beauty Mary Maude was as perfect a vulnerable ingenue in CRUCIBLE OF TERROR (an obvious muse for <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/04/moevil.html">MESSIAH OF EVIL</a>) as she's the sublime target for who seems to be a serial killing sculptor in <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/12/lustvamp.html">LUST OF THE VAMPIRE</a> antagonist Mike Raven, looking fitfully wicked enough to provide Mary's character Millie an inevitably nightmarish 11th hour chase... Which does occur, kind of... but with a twist... beforehand spending most of the screen-time in an artistically Gothic beachside house where various beauties are either posing or being murdered, ranging from scream queen Judy Matheson as the artist's more faithful yet seductive, devilish (and possibly bisexual) moll to Raven's daughter-in-law Beth Morris, as sexy a blonde as Matheson's a deeply gorgeous brunette...

beth morris, body count, british, horror, james bolam, john arnatt, judy matheson, mary maude, me me lai, melissa stribling, mike raven, mystery, ronald lacey, seventies, thriller

MARY MAUDE WITH JUDY MATHESON IN 'CRUCIBLE OF TERROR'

Mary Maude in CRUCIBLE OF TERROR Year: 1971 Rates: ***1/2 Fair and sophisticated, lithe and docile, straight-long-haired classic British bea...

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