Giles Cunningham (played by Robert Powell) is a protagonist in The Asphyx.
Adopted son of Sir Hugo and fiancé of Christina. Assists his father in capturing the "asphyx" to achieve immortality. Participates in a guillotine experiment, later sabotages the equipment out of grief, and dies in an explosion that destroys the apparatus. Sir Hugo Cunningham (played by Robert Stephens) is a protagonist in The Asphyx.
Victorian philanthropic scientist and society leader who discovers the "asphyx," a force that kills at death. Obsessed with trapping it to achieve immortality, he conducts dangerous experiments on himself and others, ultimately surviving into the 1970s as a disfigured, cursed figure. Christina Cunningham (played by Jane Lapotaire) appears in The Asphyx.
Fiancée and adoptive sister of Giles. Initially horrified by the immortality experiments, she agrees to participate when promised marriage approval. She is accidentally decapitated during a guillotine experiment when equipment malfunctions.
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Characters
Giles Cunningham
(played by Robert Powell) — protagonist
Adopted son of Sir Hugo and fiancé of Christina. Assists his father in capturing the "asphyx" to achieve immortality. Participates in a guillotine experiment, later sabotages the equipment out of grie...
Sir Hugo Cunningham
(played by Robert Stephens) — protagonist
Victorian philanthropic scientist and society leader who discovers the "asphyx," a force that kills at death. Obsessed with trapping it to achieve immortality, he conducts dangerous experiments on him...
Christina Cunningham
(played by Jane Lapotaire) — supporting
Fiancée and adoptive sister of Giles. Initially horrified by the immortality experiments, she agrees to participate when promised marriage approval. She is accidentally decapitated during a guillotine...
Key Relationships
Giles Cunningham → Christina Cunningham
(Romantic Fiancé)
Sir Hugo Cunningham → Christina Cunningham
(Family Adoptive Father)
Sir Hugo Cunningham → Giles Cunningham
(Family Adoptive Father)
Story Analysis
A Victorian scientist's obsessive quest to trap a death-force entity for immortality leads to tragedy and a cursed eternity.
Plot Progression
The Society's Illusion
The Immortality Hypothesis
The Guillotine Tragedy
The Fatal Sabotage
Directed by Peter Newbrook
The Asphyx (1972) · 6/10 · fantasy, horror, science-fiction
