Catacombs (1988 film)

Catacombs
Catacombs
Directed by	David Schmoeller
Written by	David Schmoeller
Produced by	Hope Perello; Charles Band
Starring	Tim Van Patten; Ian Abercrombie; Laura Schaefer
Cinematography	Sergio Salvati
Edited by	Thomas Meshelski
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Distributed by	Empire Pictures
Release dates	May 14, 1988 (Cannes Film Festival); March 24, 1993 (United States);
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	English

Catacombs (also known as Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice) is a 1988 Italian horror film directed by David Schmoeller and starring Tim Van Patten, Ian Abercrombie, and Laura Schaefer.

Plot

In the 17th century, an order of monks in Italy capture and entomb a demon that has possessed a member of their group. 400 years later, school teacher Elizabeth Magrino (Laura Schaefer) visits the monastery in order to do some research. What she and the current monks do not realize is that the evil hiding within the catacombs has been released.

Cast

Tim Van Patten as Father John Durham
Ian Abercrombie as Brother Orsini
Jeremy West as Brother Marinus
Laura Schaefer as Elizabeth Magrino
Vernon Dobtcheff as Brother Timothy
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Brother Terrel
Brett Porter as Possessed albino
Michael Pasby as Jesus Christ
David Schmoeller as Monk (uncredited)

Release

The film was the last officially completed film by Empire Pictures before the company was seized by Crédit Lyonnais for failure to pay on loans.^[1]^[2] As a result, the film's release was delayed for five years. It was eventually given the new title Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice by Columbia TriStar Home Video and was released direct-to-video on VHS in 1993, though it is unconnected to the 1987 film The Curse and its two sequels.^[3]^[4]

On October 29, 2013, Scream Factory released the film on DVD for the first time, along with Contamination .7, The Dungeonmaster and Cellar Dweller as part of the second volume of their Scream Factory All-Night Horror Marathon series.^[5] They later re-released the film with Cellar Dweller on a double-feature Blu-ray.

References

^ ^a ^b "Catacombs". Kinorium. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
^ "The "Never Got Made" Files: David Schmoeller". Video Junkie. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
^ "Company Credits for Catacombs". imdb.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
^ "Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice". VHSCollector. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
^ Buechler, John Carl (29 October 2013). "Scream Factory: All Night Horror Marathon - Volume 2". Shout! Factory. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

External links

Catacombs at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Catacombs at AllMovie

[Kinorium-1] "Catacombs". Kinorium. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

[2] "The "Never Got Made" Files: David Schmoeller". Video Junkie. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

[3] "Company Credits for Catacombs". imdb.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2012-10-11.

[4] "Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice". VHSCollector. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

[5] Buechler, John Carl (29 October 2013). "Scream Factory: All Night Horror Marathon - Volume 2". Shout! Factory. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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