# Death Line (1972)

> A grisly London Underground mystery turns a hidden cannibalistic survivor into the embodiment of society’s buried violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/2253

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Gary Sherman
- Cast: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong, June Turner, Clive Swift, James Cossins
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068458/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: grisly, melancholic, disturbing, late night horror viewing, cult film marathon

## Movies like Death Line

- [The Medusa Touch (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/6586)
- [A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/43416)
- [Shivers (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/16514)
- [End of the Line (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/7376)
- [Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/3754)
- [Hunger (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/104011)
- [Asylum (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/15468)
- [Quatermass and the Pit (1967)](https://ember.film/movie/16123)
- [Repulsion (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/6454)
- [Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/2066)

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