Incense for the Damned

Incense for the Damned
Film poster
Directed byRobert Hartford-Davis
Screenplay byJulian More
Based onDoctors Wear Scarlet
by Simon Raven
Produced byGraham Harris
executive:
Peter Newbrook
StarringPatrick Macnee
Peter Cushing
Edward Woodward
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Music byBobby Richards
Production
company
Lucinda Films
Distributed byTitan Film Distribution
Chevron Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)[1]
Running time
87 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Incense for the Damned (also known as Bloodsuckers, Freedom Seeker and Doctors Wear Scarlet) is a 1971 British horror film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Patrick Macnee, Johnny Sekka, Madeleine Hinde, Alexander Davion, Peter Cushing and Edward Woodward.[2] It is based on the 1960 Simon Raven novel Doctors Wear Scarlet. The film centres on Richard Fountain, a scholar of Greek mythology at the University of Oxford, who has fallen under the influence of Chriseis, a mysterious Greek woman who is a modern-day vampire.

  1. ^ Senn, Bryan (2019). Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills! Horror and Science Fiction Double Features 1955-1974. Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company Inc. p. 354. ISBN 9781476668949.
  2. ^ "Incense for the Damned". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 December 2023.