The Pocket Film of Superstitions
Jul 22 2023
•2h 36m
•Fantasy, Comedy, Horror, Documentary
The film is described as a weird and wonderful merging of shades of folk horror, the supernatural with dadaist humour and a quaint British eccentricities that are long gone in the cinema of today.
Cast
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Caroline Munro
The High Priestess
Lynn Lowry
The Hand Maiden
Shend
The Narrator
Leila Alexandra
Dead Woman / Miner's Wife
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