Our own discoveries in the area suggest that a civilization perhaps related to that of the Olmecs flourished in the area as early as the first or second millennium BC, leaving behind vast megalithic structures of a scale and sophistication never before seen in ancient Mexico. They are retained in the original British version, which has been shown on This article is about the 1960 horror film. "Broken walls, ruined buildings, huge in size beyond comprehension...marked the slopes as far as the eye could see", he would later write in one of his diaries. Day of the Dead in the state is referred to as the "Xantolo" which extends from October 31 to November 2. Over the course of three expeditions, Niven explored one huge city of the dead, whose ruins extended for several miles in all directions. She is lured down to the basement and is restrained on a Two weeks later, Nan's concerned fiancé, Bill Maitland, and her brother, Richard, learn The Raven's Inn does not exist in any phone directory. ستارگان : Ann Beach, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee, Dennis Lotis, James Dyrenforth, Norman Macowan.

Richard reaches Whitewood and meets up with Patricia before visiting her grandfather, Reverend Russell, who reveals that Whitewood is under the control of Selwyn's coven. His Guerrero collections are now in the American Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, and elsewhere.

A severely-injured Bill arrives at the last minute and succeeds in extricating a large wooden cross from the ground. He called this city Omitlán.
The City of the Dead (U.S. title: Horror Hotel) is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel and Valentine Dyall. A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants. The first chiller produced by future Amicus head-honcho Milton Subotsky, The City of The Dead (1960) remains a firm, somewhat overrated favourite of horror fans, particularly in the US, where it is better known under its alternative title, Horror Hotel. With its Lovecraftian plot, structural similarities to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and Massachusetts setting, it is not difficult to understand why the film is … He called this city Omitlán. He found the celebrated Placeres del Oro sepulcher in 1910. It was produced in the United Kingdom but set in America, and the British actors were required to speak with North American accents throughout. "Broken walls, ruined buildings, huge in size beyond comprehension...marked the slopes as far as the eye could see", he would later write in one of his diaries. Plot. From the ruins he recovered idols, small statues and other curious objects … Some dialogue was removed the American version of the film, including the following lines in the opening sequence which clarify the plot. Soon after, Patricia is kidnapped as the coven's sacrifice, and Richard attempts to save her before they are cornered in the graveyard. named Omitlán) northwest of Chilpancingo in the state of Guerrero. For other uses, see

The City of the Dead ... George Baxt , Milton Subotsky . Subotsky and Rosenberg later formed Amicus Productions and became one of the strongest competitors in the English horror market created by Hammer in the 1960s, being particularly noted for their horror anthologies beginning with Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965).

Her pact with the Devil has been undone by the intervention, and Richard and Patricia find her charred corpse in the hotel which is revealed to have been built on the site of her burning. He did not just find the ruins of a lost city, but a whole lost civilization that may turn out to be the oldest in Mesoamerica; a civilization that thrived in the unexplored highlands of Guerrero long before the time of the Aztecs, the Maya, and the Olmecs.Over the course of three expeditions, Niven explored one huge city of the dead, whose ruins extended for several miles in all directions. From the ruins he recovered idols, small statues and other curious objects that quickly made their way to the antiquarian markets of Mexico City and New York and are among the finest ever found in Mesoamerica.Today, Niven's discoveries lay all but forgotten, but Marco Vigato takes us on a virtual tour to revive this ancient lost city of the dead. In 1891, the American geologist and antiquarian William Niven set off on a journey of discovery and exploration through the Mexican state of Guerrero. The film marks the directorial debut of Moxey.

He devoted … Reading the book, Nan learns that this night is Candlemas Eve. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. One area which is known for its traditions is Huejutla de Reyes, where altars dedicated to the dead are especially large and profusely decorated with flowers, …

Professor Driscoll is revealed to be a coven member.
With Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor. …