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The Asphyx( 1972)

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If It Were In Your Power…Would You Sacrifice Your Wife…Your Children For Immortality? This Is The Story Of A Man Who Did!

Overview

Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?

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      Robert Powell

      Giles Cunningham

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      Robert Stephens

      Sir Hugo Cunningham

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      Jane Lapotaire

      Christina Cunningham

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      Alex Scott

      Sir Edward Barett

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      Ralph Arliss

      Clive Cunningham

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      Fiona Walker

      Anna Wheatley

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      Terry Scully

      Pauper

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      Tony Caunter

      Warden

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      Paul Bacon

      1st Member

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Sat Apr 23 2022
    _**Original, intelligent Hammer-esque horror from the early 70s**_ In 1875, a squire in England and his adopted son (Robert Stephens & Robert Powell) find a possible means of acquiring immortality by trapping the spirit of death, aka the mythological ‘asphyx’ or what we would call the Grim Reaper. Unfortunately, when people play God unforeseen negative things tend to happen. "The Asphyx" (1972) is thinking man’s Brit horror in the vein of "The Revenge of Frankenstein" (1958), "Frankenstein Created Woman" (1967) and "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed "(1969), as well as the soon-to-come “The...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • experiment
    • supernatural