City Of The Dead, The (1960)

aka: Horror Hotel

Young coed Nan Barlow (Venetia Stevenson) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor (Christopher Lee) recommends that she spend her time in a small village called Whitewood. He originally came from that village so he also recommends she stay at the “Raven’s Inn,” run by a Mrs. Newlis (Patricia Jessel). Nan gets to the village and notices some weird happenings, but things begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself “marked” for sacrifice by the undead coven of witches. It seems that the innkeeper is actually the undead spirit of Elizabeth Selwyn, and the “guests” at the inn are the other witches who have come to celebrate the sacrifice on Candlemas Eve. As one of them said when Nan walked away, “He will be pleased!” Also stars Dennis Lotis. (Uncut)!