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    Death Line (1972)

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    In this highly recommended horror movie, reactionary cop Inspector Colquhoun (Donald Pleasence) investigates mysterious disappearances in the London Underground and makes the startling discovery that a colony of cannibals has existed in the creepy tunnels since a Victorian cave-in disaster.

    At the film’s bloody heart is Hugh Armstrong’s remarkably nuanced performance as ‘The Man’, the last remaining descendant of Victorian railway workers buried alive during construction work a century earlier.

    Christopher Lee has a cheeky cameo as an MI5 mandarin.

    Chicagoan Gary Sherman has never directed a better film than this grisly frightener (his directorial debut) which provides dark scares while presenting an effective commentary on violence.

    Considered strong stuff in its day, this criminally underrated slice of British horror manages to be eerie, touching, melancholy and imaginative to a degree rarely seen in the genre.

    Released in some countries under the title Raw Meat.

    Inspector Colquhoun
    Donald Pleasence
    Stratton-Villiers, MI5
    Christopher Lee
    Detective Sgt. Rogers
    Norman Rossington
    Alex Campbell
    David Ladd
    Patricia Wilson
    Sharon Gurney
    James Manfred OBE
    James Cossins
    The Man
    Hugh Armstrong
    The Man’s Wife
    June Turner
    Policewoman Alice Marshall
    Heather Stoney
    Dr Bacon
    Hugh Dickson
    Inspector Richardson
    Clive Swift

    Director
    Gary Sherman

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