Michael Reeves
Michael Reeves ( born October 17, 1943 in London Borough of Sutton, Surrey, † February 11, 1969 in London) was a British film director and screenwriter.
Life
Early in 1967 he turned for Tigon, a small British film company that had specialized in the exploitation market, the film Under the Spell of Dr. Monserrat with Boris Karloff and Catherine Lacey in the lead roles. In July 1968, the film won the "Grand Prix " at the 6th Festival of Fantastic Films in Trieste, with special prices for Catherine Lacey and Boris Karloff ( " life's work ").
In The Witch Hunter (1968 ), he should ask one last time his skills. With Vincent Price as the main actor he had a earlier post in a series of films Inquisition, which should play a greater role in European cinema for a short time. Reeves, who had actually intended as the main actor Donald Pleasence, got with Priceline several times together, drove it to his role as a witch hunter Matthew Hopkins, are in top form.
Reeves 's next film was a Victorian drama for the production company American International Pictures are: in the death grip of the red mask, again with Vincent Price as the main character. However, the film took before filming began on November 20, 1968 Gordon Hessler as a director since Reeves suffered at this time from depression and insomnia. A few weeks later, Reeves died from an overdose of barbiturates.