Craze

(1973)

96 minutes

aka "The Infernal Idol"

Horror / Thriller

Country: Great Britain
  
Directed by Freddie Francis 

Cast:

Jack Palance as Neal Mottram
Diana Dors as Dolly Newman
Julie Ege as Helena
Dame Edith Evans as Aunt Louise
Hugh Griffith as Solicitor
Trevor Howard as Superintendent Bellamy
Michael Jayston as Detective Sgt. Wall
Suzy Kendall as Sally
Martin Potter as Ronnie
 
A demented antique art dealer (Jack Palance) believes that if he offers up human sacrifices to the African God Chuku, he will be rewarded with unlimited wealth and power. Palance holds nightly rituals in front of Chuku's idol, and often finds his female victims in sleazy bars killing them in gruesome and creative ways. in the end, palance gives an over-the-top death scene when the police find and kill him.