Italy, 1963
88m
35mm film, black and white, 1.85:1
mono, Italian
An Italian horror film directed by Antonio Boccaci using the pseudonym Anthony Kristye.
Plot Summary
A dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess and is taken to a village near the castle where the countess used to live. She meets a reporter who is inevestigationg a series of murders committed by a deformed monster in his torture chamber.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Anthony Kristye [real name: Antonio Boccaci]
© MCMLXV [1965] by Film Development Corporation [US version only, as Tomb of Torture]
Produced by: Frank Campitelli [real name: Francesco Campitelli]
Screenplay by: Anthony Kristye [real name: Antonio Boccaci], Johnny Seemonell [real name: Giorgio Simonelli]
From an Original Story by: Anthony Kristye [real name: Antonio Boccaci]
Director of Photography: William Grace [real name: Francesco Campitelli]
Editor: Jean Pierre Grasset
Music by: Armando Sciascia
Sound Recording: Johnny Harold
Costumes: House of Werther
Trick Photography: Patt Collins
Cast
Annie Albert [real name: Annie Alberti] [Anna Darnell/Countess Irene]
Thony Maky [real name: Adriano Micantoni] [Dr Darnell]
Mark Marian [real name: Marco Mariani] [George Dickson]
Elizabeth Queen [real name: Flora Carosello] [Countess Elizabeth]
William Gray [real name: Antonio Boccaci] [Raman]
Bernard Blay
Emy Eko [real name: Emy Eco] [Esther]
Terry Thompson [Cathy]
Fred Pizzot
Alternative Titles
Die Bestie von Schloß Monte Christo – West Germany
Le manoir maudit – France
Metempsyhosis – Greece
Tomb of Torture – USA
Links
Extracts included in
Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007)
References
Periodicals
- La Cinématographie Française no.2041 (30 November 1963) p.27 – review
- Le Film Français no.1019 (13 December 1963) p.10 – review
- Midi-Minuit Fantastique no.8 (January 1964) p.71 – review
Books
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.116-117, 148
- Feature films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.478 – credits
- Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.487 – credits
- Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 by Roberto Curti pp.95-97 – illustrated credits, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.497 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.391-392 illustrated credits, review
