Land of the Minotaur
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Land of the Minotaur is a 1976 British horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Kostas Karagiannis.

Plot

Tourists visiting a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 archeological site are being abducted by a strange cult, intent on providing their God - the Minotaur
Minotaur
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur , as the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull"...

 - with sacrifice. Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

 Father Roche (Donald Pleasance) enlists the help of former pupil and NY private detective to find out what has happened to them.

Cast

  • Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    Sir Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, was a British actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades...

     as Father Roche
  • Peter Cushing
    Peter Cushing
    Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played the handsome but sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally...

     as Baron Corofax
  • Kostas Karagiorgis (credited Costas Skouras) as Milo Kaye
  • Luan Peters
    Luan Peters
    Luan Peters , also known as Karol Keyes, is an English actress.Born as Carol Hirsch, she made her stage debut in a pantomime aged four, then went on to win a drama scholarship at aged 16 after a performance of Twelfth Night...

     as Laurie Gordon
  • Fernando Bislamis as Dimitris Bislanis as Sgt Vendris
  • George Venlis as Max
  • Vanna Reville as Beth
  • Nikos Verlekis as Ian
  • Robert Behling
    Robert Behling
    Robert Behling is a German slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won two medals in the C-2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 2009 and a bronze in 2010.-References:* - accessed 11 September 2010....

     as Bob Behling as Tom Gifford
  • Anna Matzourani as Mrs. Mikaelis
  • Christina as Grocer’s daughter
  • Anestis Vlakos as Shopkeeper - Karapades
  • George Vevus as Chauffeur
  • Jane Lyle as Milo's Girlfriend
  • Meira as Maid
  • Jessica Dublin (credited Jessica) as Mrs. Zagros - frantic woman at police station
  • Efi Cosma as First Victim Girl
  • Lambrinos as First Victim Boy
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