Amanti d'Oltretomba (1965)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 101 minuten
Alternative titles: Nightmare Castle / Night of the Doomed / The Faceless Monster / De Griezelminnaar
Country:
Italy
Directed by: Mario Caiano
Stars: Barbara Steele, Paul Müller and Helga Liné
IMDb score:
5,7 (3.052)
Releasedate: 20 August 1965
Amanti d'Oltretomba plot
"WARNING! See it with someone who's shockproof!"
A sadistic baron tortures and kills his wife and her lover and removes their hearts from the bodies. When the Earl remarries a few years later, his new bride has constant nightmares. Apparently, the ghosts of the two murdered lovers have come back to life and the young bride's marriage turns into a living hell.
Actors and actresses
Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Dr. Stephen Arrowsmith
Solange
Dr. Dereck Joyce
Jonathan, the Butler
David
Reviews & comments
ToNe
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- 2865 messages
- 2336 votes
It is striking that the score draws inspiration from the old organ playing like you had in old silent [horror] films.
It fits the image perfectly, which nevertheless exudes the atmosphere as if it were filmed some 30 years earlier.
Barbara Steele as a blonde doesn't quite work, but she completely makes up for it by parading around as a terrifying ghost.
Effective, minimalist, and atmospheric. The dialogue is on the sparse side, but as mentioned, it exudes a gothic atmosphere from a time long ago.
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Richard_Voorhees
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- 2311 messages
- 2135 votes
The middle section, in which the Baron remarries his wife's sister, is a bit on the long side. The beginning, however, is very strong, in which we immediately see the Baron's true nature. Furthermore, the organ-focused soundtrack adds quite a bit, and the filmmaker succeeds in providing a deliciously macabre conclusion.
I do find it a bit of a shame that Steele is dyed blonde for most of the film, as I have always found her beautiful, long black locks so characteristic.
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