The Ballad of Tam Lin

Dec. 01, 1970

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Genres: Horror, Thriller

Overview:

Based upon the Celtic legend Tam Lin, a young man is bewitched by a beautiful, heartless, aging sorceress to become her lover. When his attention wanders to a lovely girl, he is doomed to ritual sacrifice by the sorceress.

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Based on the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin" (one of it's many titles), the plot concerns an aging, beautiful woman who uses her wealth (and occasionally, witchcraft) to control a decadent pack of attractive young people she surrounds herself with. But when her latest young stud falls for the local vicar's daughter, she vows revenge.

Director: Roddy McDowall

Writer: William Spier

Cast: Ava Gardner Ian McShane Joanna Lumley Stephanie Beacham Richard Wattis Madeline Smith Jenny Hanley Sinéad Cusack Fabia Drake Cyril Cusack David Whitman Bruce Robinson

Genres: Horror Thriller

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