Donald Pleasence is having an absolute ball in this one, as he should! This is a fun one!
A cannibal, descending from trapped tunnel workers from the 1890’s, roams the London Underground for food!
Some odd bits here and there, but worth it for Pleasence.
Death Line
Beneath Modern London Lives a Tribe of Once Humans. Neither Men Nor Women… They Are the Raw Meat Of The Human Race!
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
10/13/1972Runtime
87 minsGenres
Overview
There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the latest to disappear down there Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously. Helping them are a young couple who get nearer to the horrors underground than they would wish.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
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A grotty, suffocating descent into the depths of London's Underground where a degenerate cannibal colony lurks in forgotten tunnels. The film treats its horrors with matter-of-fact grimness, finding tragedy as much as terror in its creatures.
Mood
Dread-soakedUnsettlingBleak
Themes
SurvivalIsolationComing apart
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticDesaturated
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual violence
Donald Pleasence
Inspector Calhoun
Norman Rossington
Det.Sgt. Rogers
David Ladd
Alex Campbell
Sharon Gurney
Patricia Wilson
Hugh Armstrong
The "Man"
June Turner
The "Woman"
Clive Swift
Inspector Richardson
James Cossins
James Manfred O.BE.
Heather Stoney
P.C.W. Alice Marshall
Hugh Dickson
Dr. Bacon
Christopher Lee
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Jack Woolgar
Platform Inspector
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