| Incense for the Damned | |
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| Directed by | Robert Hartford-Davis |
| Screenplay by | Julian More |
| Based on | Doctors Wear Scarlet by Simon Raven |
| Produced by | Graham Harris executive: Peter Newbrook |
| Starring | Patrick Macnee Peter Cushing Edward Woodward |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Music by | Bobby Richards |
Production company | Lucinda Films |
| Distributed by | Titan Film Distribution Chevron Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 87 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Incense for the Damned". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 December 2023.