Horror Castle

Original title: La vergine di Norimberga

1963
Unrated
1h 24m

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Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.

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Rossana Podestà

Mary Hunter

Georges Rivière

Max Hunter
(as George Riviere)

Christopher Lee

Erich
(as Cristopher Lee)

Laura Nucci

Martha

Jim Dolen

John Selby

Leonardo Severini

The Doctor

Anny Degli Uberti

Kidnapped Woman

Luciana Milone

Trude

Mirko Valentin

The General

Lucile Saint-Simon

Hilde
(as Lucille St. Simon)

Doctor
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Christopher Lee's voice was dubbed by another actor for the English language version.

Goofs
When Erich and Mary have their first conversation alone while Erich is organizing his knives, a hair can be seen at the top of the screen for several minutes.

Quotes
Mary Hunter: [picking up an executioner's axe that conveniently just happens to be lying around] If the door is locked we'll smash it down with this!
Trude: What's that over there?
Mary Hunter: It's just an iron statue.
Trude: [screams] Oh, what on earth?
Mary Hunter: It's only an ancient instrument of torture.

Alternate versions
In the first German release all reference to the Nazi background like the cutback to the operation have been cut. Even typical German names like Erich and Trude have been changed to disguise the German origin.

Connections
Featured in Chiller Theatre: Horror Castle (1975)

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8/10

A dark, yet beautiful film

I collect horror dvds from the 60s and 70s. There are those that are classics because they are well made films artistically speaking. This is one of those films. Before I watched this film I had read that there was a jazz score that didn't seem to match the subject matter. At first, it did seem out of place, but once I got into the film I didn't even notice. The music actually plays a big part in building suspense.

Christopher Lee plays a nice mystery man role. Has a bit of a "who done it" kind of story. Over all a good film, especially for fans of Gothic kind of horror or Hammer films.