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Tigon British Film Productions or Tigon was a film production and distribution company founded by Tony Tenser in 1966. It is most famous for its horror films, particularly Witchfinder General (directed by Michael Reeves, 1968) and Blood on Satan's Claw (directed by Piers Haggard, 1971). Other Tigon films include The Creeping Flesh, The Sorcerers and Doomwatch (1972), based on the TV series of the same name.
Tigon was based in Wardour Street, London, and released a wide range of films from semi-pornographic sexploitation films through to an acclaimed 1971 adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, starring Helen Mirren. The largest part of their output, however, was made up by low-budget horror films in a similar style to those made by Hammer Film Productions or Amicus Productions.
In February 2005, a DVD box set of Tigon films was released by Anchor BayUK.
Partial filmography
- Mini Weekend (1967)
- The Sorcerers (1967)
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
- The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
- Love in Our Time (1968)
- Witchfinder General (1968)
- The Body Stealers (1969)
- Sandy the Seal (1969)
- The Haunted House of Horror (1969)
- What's Good for the Goose (1969)
- Zeta One (1969)
- Monique (1969)
- The Beast in the Cellar (1970)
- Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
- Black Beauty (1971)
- Hannie Caulder (1971)
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
- Doomwatch (1972)
- Virgin Witch (1972)
- Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)
- Oh! Calcutta! (1972)
- Au Pair Girls (1972)
- The Creeping Flesh (1973)
- Come Play With Me (1977)
External links
- Tigon British Film Productions Ltd. at the Internet Movie Database
- Tigon Pictures at the Internet Movie Database
- Tigon at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- Film production companies of the United Kingdom
- Companies established in 1966
- Film studio stubs
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