--- title: 'Craze (1974)' type: 'film' director: 'Freddie Francis' released: '1974-05-16' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Horror' countries: - 'Australia' - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/craze-1974' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069924/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Craze (1974) 1974 · 96 min · Horror · Australia, United Kingdom ## Synopsis Craze is a 1974 horror film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege and Edith Evans. It was written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel, based on the 1967 novel The Infernal Idol by Henry Seymour. The film centers on Neal Mottram, a psychotic antiques dealer who sacrifices women to the statue of Chuku, an African idol. It was the last film produced by Herman Cohen. ## Credits - **Director:** [Freddie Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-francis) - **Screenplay:** [Aben Kandel](https://cinepixo.com/people/aben-kandel), [Herman Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-cohen) - **Producer:** [Herman Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-cohen) - **Original Music Composer:** [John Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-scott) - **Director of Photography:** [John Laurence Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-laurence-wilcox) - **Editor:** [Henry Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-richardson) ## Cast - [Suzy Kendall](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzy-kendall) - [Marianne Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-stone) - [Hugh Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-griffith) - [Percy Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-herbert) - [Diana Dors](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-dors) - [Kathleen Byron](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-byron) - [Edith Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-evans) - [Trevor Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-howard) - [Jack Palance](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-palance) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/craze-1974 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4081059); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.