A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
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Barbara Steele | Princess Asa Vajda |
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John Richardson | Dr. Andrej Gorobec |
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Andrea Checchi | Dr. Choma Kruvajan |
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Ivo Garrani | Prince Vajda |
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Arturo Dominici | Igor Javutich |
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Enrico Olivieri | Constantine Vajda |
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Antonio Pierfederici | Priest |
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Tino Bianchi | Ivan - Manservant |
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Clara Bindi | Innkeeper |
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Mario Passante | Nikita - Coachman |
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Renato Terra | Boris - Stablehand |
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Germana Dominici | Sonya - Innkeeper's Daughter |
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Giuseppe Addobbati | Priest |
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Fernando Cajati | Crucifixion Torturer |
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Valentina Cortese | Tavern Girl |
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Angelo Galassi | Tavern Keeper |
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Nando Gazzolo | Narrator |
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Renato Montalbano | Spectator |
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Rosita Pisano | Maid |
| Director | Mario Bava |
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| Writer | Ennio De Concini, Mario Serandrei, Gogol, George Higgins, Mario Bava, Marcello Coscia, Dino De Palma | |
| Producer | Samuel Z. Arkoff, Massimo de RITA, James H. Nicholson, Lou Rusoff, Lionello Santi | |
| Musician | Les Baxter, Roberto Nicolosi | |
| Photography | Mario Bava | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Subtitles | English |
| Owner | Jackmeats Flix |
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| Location | Horror Disk 1 |
| Purchased | Jan 03, 2021 at YTS |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Seen | Mar 07, 2021 |
| Index | 3480 |
| Added Date | Jan 03, 2021 11:44:00 |
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My quick rating - 6,9/10. Definitely edgy for its time, that is for sure. Bava always had a way with using music to really set up his scenes so well, at least the movies of his that I have seen. During a time when special effects were non-existent, this movie relies on good camerawork and angles to setup the scenes for the most impact. Here we have a supposed witch that is executed and has a mask driven over her face to keep her evil from ever escaping. As in so many movies after it, you know somehow this does happen. Years later, two men stumble upon her tomb and while investigating, accidentally release her demonic spirit (Barbara Steele). As the estate and its members slowly are visited by the evil, things start happening and people disappear, etc. Even in its simplicity, this flick still provides the goods and in the end even a nice little twist. This is the kind of movie that you watch and appreciate. If you plan on making movies at all, you also learn from something like this to see the right ways to do things (and the wrong, I don't think stumbling upon a pipe organ in the forest is very plausible.) Even just viewing it now I was still entertained from start to finish. I will say that if the scares themselves were better you would be jumping out of your seat with the incredible score that is used throughout.
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