Castle of Blood

If you removed all the scenes of people slowly wandering through dark hallways, this movie would be about 12 minutes long.

I wanted to like this more than I did. It's a well shot creepy film with a simple but compelling premise, but it's stuck spinning its wheels much of the time.

Some creepy gothic styling, fine camerawork and interesting story lift this above the level of the standard chiller from the era. The somewhat melodramatic performances don't drag it down, but it starts to feel a bit samey for a chunk of its duration. Still, this is well worth a watch. Barbara Steele brings her usual charm, and I was interested to see the Cannibal Holocaust dream team of Riz Ortolani (music) and Ruggero Deodato (AD) involved. Decent.

The type of movie I would display in October like an art piece in a museum. Hanging on the wall, playing on repeat in the background for any to encounter and affect. The moody atmosphere it presents in castle halls and tragic apparitions able to be absorbed in moments, adding to an aesthetic that harkens witches, demons and all that is macabre. Hot damn, I'm excited for October now.

A night-in-a-haunted-house flick shot with earnestly creepy flair, featuring the sepulchrally seductive Steele in the lead.

Some nice cinematography helps keep a relatively bland story watchable. Not a terrible film, but a bland one.

if you've seen 1 haunted house movie from the 60s you've pretty much seen them all. however, that doesn't mean you should stop at 1 because castle of blood proves that although there's a strict formula of setup, scares, and pacing, you can still have an enjoyable 90 mintues with most of them.

Essa semana chegaram os lançamentos de setembro da Versátil e estão lotados de filmes com a diva Steele, então nada melhor do que começar a ver por um deles e escolha de uma parceria entre Margueriti e Corbucci foi certeira, a climatização se estende por vezes lentamente, o que dá uma real perspectiva de tensão do horror, além da narrativa ir se desvendando pétala a pétala, o que realmente dá um formato de flor lentamente se desabrochando, tornando este um ótimo exemplar do gótico

Slow but atmospheric and romantic. Helped by an effective soundtrack.