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The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)

Director: Terence Fisher

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From Time Out Film Guide

One of Hammer and Terence Fisher's most notorious and Sadean horror movies, about the thuggee atrocities in India in the 1820s. Guy Rolfe battles against a fatal sect of Kali worshippers whose mascot is a sexy teenager called Karim (Devereux). As men have their tongues pulled out or are castrated, Karim drools and wriggles so much that the film became a cult sensation on the continent and was cut in England. Actually, it isn't at all bad, even on a straight adventure level, and the Karim figure remains one of the purest incarnations of evil in all of Fisher's work. Be prepared for a few laughs, though, as rural Bucks is substituted for the sweltering plains of India.

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Time Out Film Guide

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  • Ann Wootton said...
    Posted on Sep 27 2008 05:17 I saw it aged 10 it terrified me and I have never forgotten it
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Director: Terence Fisher

Producer: Anthony Hinds

Cast: Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson, Andrew Cruickshank, George Pastell, Marne Maitland, Marie Devereux full cast

Duration: 80 mins


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