What is Horror Hotel / Devil Doll about?

Name: Horror Hotel / Devil Doll
Genre: Horror,Suspense/Thriller

HORROR HOTEL (aka THE CITY OF THE DEAD), 1960, 76 min. Dir. John Moxey. Venetia Stevenson stars as an unsuspecting college student who goes to Whitewood, Massachusetts to research the history of witchcraft in the area, only to find it still very much alive, thanks to professor Christopher Lee and his followers -- some of whom, like warlock Jethrow Keane (Valentine Dyall) and witch Elizabeth Selwyn (Patricia Jessel), are well-over 200 years old! It’s up to minister’s daughter Betta St. John and student Dennis Lotis to set things right. DEVIL DOLL, 1964, Gordon Films, Inc., 81 min. Dir. Lindsay Shonteff. Svengali-like ventriloquist Vorelli (Bryant Haliday) hopes to mesmerize desirable heiress Yvonne Romain into becoming his slave, thus jettisoning long-term mistress Sandra Dorne. But wooden Hugo, who has a peculiar hold over Vorelli, has plans of his own.

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What is Horror Hotel / Devil Doll about?: HORROR HOTEL (aka THE CITY OF THE DEAD), 1960, 76 min. Dir. John Moxey. Venetia Stevenson stars as an unsuspecting college student who goes to Whitewood, Massachusetts to research the history of witchcraft in the area, only to find it still very much alive, thanks to professor Christopher Lee and his followers -- some of whom, like warlock Jethrow Keane (Valentine Dyall) and witch Elizabeth Selwyn (Patricia Jessel), are well-over 200 years old! It’s up to minister’s daughter Betta St. John and student Dennis Lotis to set things right.
DEVIL DOLL, 1964, Gordon Films, Inc., 81 min. Dir. Lindsay Shonteff. Svengali-like ventriloquist Vorelli (Bryant Haliday) hopes to mesmerize desirable heiress Yvonne Romain into becoming his slave, thus jettisoning long-term mistress Sandra Dorne. But wooden Hugo, who has a peculiar hold over Vorelli, has plans of his own.