Spain, Italy, 1972
86m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 1.85:1
mono, Spanish
A Spanish/Italian horror film directed by Francisco Lara Polop using the name F. Lara Polop.
Plot Summary
A group of people are stranded in the fog and takes refuge in a remote mansion where they are murdered one by one.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: F. Lara Polop [real name: Francisco Lara Polop]
Deposito Legal No.M-6092-1972
Mundial Films S.A., Madrid, Tritone Filmindustria S.r.l., Roma
Story and Screenplay: Luis G. De Blain
Director of Photography: Guglielmo Mancori
Editor: Mercedes Alonso
Music by: Marcello Giombini
Sound Engineer: Eduardo Fernandez
Wardrobe: Peris Hermanos
Make-up: Miguel Sese
Hairdesser: Francisca Guillot
Special Effects: Pablo Perez, Eugenio Peñalver, Anibal Balbas
Exteriors shot in the Provinces of Madrid and Guadalajara
Cast
Analia Gadé (Elsa)
Evelyn Stewart (Marta)
Andrés Resino (Fred)
Lisa Leonardi [real name: Lisa Nardi] (Laura)
Franco Fantasia (Porter)
Alberto Dalbes (Ernest)
Yelena Samarina (Mrs Tremont)
Jorge Rigaud ()
Jose Luis Velasco (ghostly driver)
Saturno Cerra (male guest no.2)
Emilia Rubio (female guest no.1)
Felix José Montoya (male guest no.1)
Magoya Montenegro (female guest no.2)
Maria Reniu credited in opening titles but in the end credits]
Ingrid Garbo (Amante)
Eduardo Fajardo (Mr Tremont)
Alternative Titles
El asesino de la niebla – working title
Exorcism Mansion – Egypt
El grito – working title
Das Haus im Nebel – West Germany
Maniac Mansion – Canada, Singapore
Maniac mansion – France
Murder Mansion – Australia, India, UK
The Murder Mansion – Canada, USA
Quando Marta urlò dalla tomba – Italy
The Scream – alternative English language title
Особняк в тумане – Russia
谋杀大厦 – China (Mandarin)
References
Periodicals
- Bianco e Nero vol.35 no.3/4 (March/April 1974) p.56
- Cineinforme no.169 (February 1973) p.12 – credits
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.260
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.250-251
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena p.164
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.269
- Sex, Sadism, Spain and Cinema by Nicholas G. Schlegel pp.136-139 – illustrated essay
