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The Asphyx
“If It Were In Your Power…Would You Sacrifice Your Wife…Your Children For Immortality? This Is The Story Of A Man Who Did!”
6.0 / 10• 1972• 1h 39m•PG• English
FantasyHorrorScience Fiction
Storyline
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
Cast & Crew
Robert Powell
Giles Cunningham
Lead
Robert Stephens
Sir Hugo Cunningham
Jane Lapotaire
Christina Cunningham
Alex Scott
Sir Edward Barett
RA
Ralph Arliss
Clive Cunningham
FW
Fiona Walker
Anna Wheatley
Terry Scully
Pauper
Tony Caunter
Warden
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Newbrook's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Asphyx is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
