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Horror Castle

Horror Castle

Women's virtues made him a killer!

5.7 / 1019631h 25m

Synopsis

Women are being tortured to death with various devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a mysterious, hooded figure who may be a notorious executioner from medieval times.

Genre: Horror, Crime

Status: Released

Director: Antonio Margheriti

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Main Cast

Rossana Podestà

Rossana Podestà

Mary Hunter

Georges Rivière

Georges Rivière

Max Hunter

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Erich

Laura Nucci

Laura Nucci

Martha

Jim Dolen

John Selby

Leonardo Severini

Leonardo Severini

The Doctor

Luciana Milone

Trude

Anny Degli Uberti

Kidnapped Woman

Mirko Valentin

Mirko Valentin

The General

Lucile Saint-Simon

Lucile Saint-Simon

Hilde

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User Reviews

Wuchak

**_A woman wanders about a German castle trying to figure out mysterious goings-on_** An Italian production originally called “The Virgin of Nuremberg,” the title was changed to “Horror Castle” for American release and “Castle of Terror” for Canada and the UK. It was shot after Margheriti's “Castle of Blood” to take advantage of the sets and was rushed to completion. Corman’s “The Terror” had a similar story in America, but that one is all-around more entertaining. To its credit, it has Christopher Lee as a creepy curator of the castle museum, but there’s just too much time-wasting scenes, including sequences where the music dramatically builds to a non-scare. It’s also predictable in ways and simply needed more imaginative staples to perk up the viewer’s interest. Still, if you like spooky castle movies, it fills the bill and the last dozen minutes are interesting, not to mention an idea is borrowed from Captain America Comics over two decades earlier. It runs 1h 24m and was shot in 1963 at Villa Sciarra in the heart of Rome, as well as studio work at nearby Incir De Paolis Studios. GRADE: C