Nightmare Castle
Encyclopedia
Nightmare Castle is a 1965
Italian
gothic horror film
directed by Mario Caiano
. The film stars Barbara Steele
in dual lead roles, and its music was composed by Ennio Morricone
.
The film has several variations in the title and is also known as Night of the Doomed in the United Kingdom
, Lovers from Beyond the Tomb and The Faceless Monster. It has been dubbed
into English
once as an edited release in 1968. It was released to VHS and DVD in the 1990s
with a longer cut of the film in Italian with English subtitles. It later became a film released to the public domain
and a cult film.
Italian films of 1965
A list of films produced in Italy in 1965 :-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
gothic horror film
Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Gothicism's origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, subtitled "A Gothic Story"...
directed by Mario Caiano
Mario Caiano
Mario Caiano is an Italian film director, screenwriter and second unit director.Born in Rome, he has directed for nearly 50 films since 1961 and 27 films and TV scripts since 1954....
. The film stars Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday , now hailed as a classic.Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr...
in dual lead roles, and its music was composed by Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
.
The film has several variations in the title and is also known as Night of the Doomed in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Lovers from Beyond the Tomb and The Faceless Monster. It has been dubbed
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
into English
English language
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once as an edited release in 1968. It was released to VHS and DVD in the 1990s
1990s
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with a longer cut of the film in Italian with English subtitles. It later became a film released to the public domain
Public domain
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and a cult film.
Plot Outline
A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Discovering that his wife drew up a new will giving her fortune to her institutionalized sister, the count marries her and the new wife experiences nightmares and hauntings. The ghosts of the slain return to exact their bloody revenge, until their hearts are destroyed.Cast
- Barbara SteeleBarbara SteeleBarbara Steele is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday , now hailed as a classic.Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr...
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... Solange - Laurence Clift ... Dr. Dereck Joyce (as Lawrence Clift)
- Giuseppe AddobbatiGiuseppe AddobbatiGiuseppe Addobbati was an Italian film actor known for his roles in Spaghetti Western and action films in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audience....
... Jonathan (as John McDouglas) - Rik BattagliaRik BattagliaRik Battaglia is a retired Italian film actor. He was born at Corbola, near Rovigo, Veneto....
... David