| Catacombs | |
| Director: | Gordon Hessler |
| Producer: | Jack Parsons Neil McCallum |
| Screenplay: | Daniel Mainwaring |
| Starring: | Gary Merrill Georgina Cookson Jane Merrow |
| Music: | Carlo Martelli |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Lavis |
| Editing: | Robert Winter |
| Studio: | Parroch-McCallum Associated Producers International British Lion |
| Distributor: | British Lion Films (United Kingdom) Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) |
| Runtime: | 84 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Catacombs (U.S. title: The Woman Who Wouldn't Die) is a 1965 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Gary Merrill, Georgina Cookson and Jane Merrow.[1] [2] The film was based on the 1959 novel of the same title by Jay Bennett.
An astute business woman is murdered by her husband who intends to carry on with his affair with her niece after her death. However, he soon finds himself haunted by his late wife.
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director George Provis.
Warner Brothers picked it up for distribution in the US.[3]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "One would have thought that the days of the murder story with the corpse buried in the potting-shed were long over, but the situation is revived here not entirely without effect. The preliminaries setting the domestic scene are much too long, but after the murder things perk up considerably, with one or two nice macabre effects. The acting is sound enough in general, with a striking performance by Georgina Cookson as the bitchy wife."[4]