‘They love only for blood!’
Castle of Blood is a 1964 Italian horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti (The Virgin of Nuremberg; Killer Fish; Cannibal Apocalypse), using the pseudonym Anthony Dawson.
In the US, the film was distributed by the Woolner Brothers, who also imported Hercules in the Haunted World; Blood and Black Lace; Castle of the Living Dead and produced Hillbillies in a Haunted House.
In 1971, Margheriti remade Castle of Blood in colour as Web of the Spider. The film’s score is by Riz Orlolani (Cannibal Holocaust).
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In October 2002, American company Synapse Films released an ‘uncensored international version’ of the film on DVD.
Plot:
A journalist challenges Edgar Allan Poe on the authenticity of his stories, which leads to him accepting a bet from Lord Blackwood to spend the night in a haunted castle on All Soul’s Eve. Ghosts of the murdered inhabitants appear to him throughout the night, re-enacting the events that lead to their deaths. It transpires that they need his blood in order to maintain their existence…
Trailer:
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Cast and characters:
Barbara Steele … Elisabeth Blackwood; Georges Rivière … Alan Foster; Margrete Robsahm … Julia Alert; Arturo Dominici … Doctor Carmus (as Henry Kruger); Silvano Tranquilli … Edgar Allan Poe; Sylvia Sorrente … Elsi Perkings; Umberto Raho … Lord Thomas Blackwood; Giovanni Cianfriglia … Herbert (as Phil Karson); Benito Stefanelli … William (as Ben Steffen)
Original Italian title:
Danza macabra “Macabre Dance”
