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Nightmare Castle

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5.3/10 • 66

1965-08-201h 45m

Horror

WARNING! See it with someone who's shockproof!

A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count remarries and the new wife experiences nightmares and hauntings.

Directors
Mario Caiano
Editors
Renato Cinquini

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Barbara Steele

    Barbara Steele

    Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith

  2. Paul Müller

    Paul Müller

    Dr. Stephen Arrowsmith

  3. Helga Liné

    Helga Liné

    Solange

  4. Marino Masé

    Marino Masé

    Dr. Dereck Joyce

  5. Giuseppe Addobbati

    Giuseppe Addobbati

    Jonathan, the Butler

  6. Rik Battaglia

    Rik Battaglia

    David

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CinemaSerf

Mar 14, 2024

5/10

A rather cruel doctor (Paul Muller) discovers that his wife (Barbara Steele) is having it away with another man so he tortures them both to death, then uses their ashes as compost for a plant. Once he discovers that his wife has left her considerable fortune to her deranged sister (again, Barbara Steele). he marries her with a view to having her certified and thus gaining the money for himself. Well, as you'd expect, his cunning plan doesn't quite go as he would have liked. Once the psychiatrist "Dr. Joyce" (Laurence Clift) arrives at his castle, the ghosts of his victims appear and all hell breaks loose - we've got blood transfusions and even an electrocution to deal with! The dialogue is pretty woeful, and I found Ennio Morricone's rousing organ music overwhelming and detracting from this otherwise quite enjoyable cheap and cheerful thriller that builds to quite a decent denouement over the last quarter of an hour.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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