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Gli amanti d'oltretomba (1965)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 73 mins     90 mins    97 mins      101 mins (UK)     105 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Produzione Cinematografica Emmeci
Producer: Allan Grünewald (real name: Mario Caiano)

SCRIPT
Script: Allan Grünewald (real name: Mario Caiano), Fabio de Agostini

DIRECTION
Director: Allan Grünewald (real name: Mario Caiano)
Assistant Director: Angelo Sangermano

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Enzo Barboni

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Renato Cinquini

MUSIC
Music: Ennio Morricone

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Bernardino Fronzetti

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Mario Giorsi

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Massimo Tavazzi

CAST
Barbara Steele (Muriel/Jenny Arrowsmith (Hampton))
Paul Müller (Stephen Arrowsmith)
Helga Liné (Solange)
Laurence Clift (Derek Joyce)
John McDouglas (real name: Giuseppe Addobbati) (Majordomo)
Rik Battaglia (David)

PLOT SUMMARY

A nobleman tortures his unfaithful wife and her lover to death and cuts out their hearts. Many years later, he remarries and his new wife is haunted by the ghosts of her predecessor and her lover who have returned from the grave in search of revenge...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Video Distributor: Something Weird Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: X; 18

TIMELINE

1965
July

16: Italy - theatrical release

1966
June

5: France - theatrical release

July
5: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Nightmare Castle - US title
The Faceless Monster - UK title
Orgasmo - alternative title
Night of the Doomed - alternative US title
Night of the Damned
Amants d'outre tombe
- French title

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trashorama Show Volume 6 (1999)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Absurd no.5 (UK)
credits, review

Book of the Dead no.3 p.16 (UK)
credits, review

Halls of Horror no.26 p.44 (UK)
note

Shock Xpress Spring 1988 p.9 (UK)
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World of Horror no.9 pp.33 - 34 (UK)
credits, review

BOOKS

Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror (2nd Edition) p.168
credits, review

Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction p.236
credits, review

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.21
credits, review

Psychotronic Video Guide p.519
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.336
credits

Science Fiction Film Source Book p.90
credits, review

Scream Queens pp.309 - 310
credits, review

Seal of Dracula pp.49, 132
credits, review

Spaghetti Nightmares p.163
credits, review

Speed's Film Review 1970 - 1971 p.220
credits, review

Vampire Cinema p.162
review

KEYWORDS

ghosts, castles, revenge, nightmares, the supernatural, torture, electrocution

 


Last Updated: 1 January, 2009

 


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