Castle of Blood1964
“The living and the dead change places in an orgy of terror!”
Directed by Antonio Margheriti
The premise
When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance, and a dark seductress who surrenders the gravest of pleasures.
Horror Vault's take
A brash journalist bets his life that he can endure a single night alone inside a notorious haunted castle — a wager that quickly proves far more dangerous than his rational mind anticipated. The castle's inhabitants are not what they first appear, and what begins as a test of nerve becomes a descent into dark desire and ancient, relentless evil. Italian Gothic atmosphere drips from every candlelit corridor, anchored by Barbara Steele's hypnotic screen presence. This is moody, black-and-white continental horror at its most elegant and unsettling.
Content: Sexual Content, Mild Violence, Disturbing Imagery
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Cast
Barbara Steele
Elisabeth Blackwood
Georges Rivière
Alan Foster
Margrete Robsahm
Julia Allert
Arturo Dominici
Dr. Carmus
Silvano Tranquilli
Edgar Allan Poe
Sylvia Sorrente
Elsi
Umberto Raho
Lord Thomas Blackwood
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Herbert the Gardener
Benito Stefanelli
William Blackwood
Jhonny Walters
Miranda Poggi
Wife
John Peters
Butler
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