Baron Blood

Original title: Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga

1972
PG
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

4.4K

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A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Inspector
(as Humi Raho on US prints)

Luciano Pigozzi

Fritz
(as Alan Collins)

Dieter Tressler

Mayor Dortmundt

Nicoletta Elmi

Gretchen Hummel

Rolf Halwich

Auctioner

Gustavo De Nardo

Dr. Werner Hesse

Valeria Sabel

Martha Hummel

Irio Fantini

Lamberto Bava

Man at Airport
(uncredited)

Mario Bava

Man Passing by the Castle
(uncredited)

Pilar Castel

Madeleine
(uncredited)

Alfredo Leone

Aircraft Passenger
(uncredited)

Kathleen Leone

Aircraft Passenger
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Sometime around 1997, there emerged a massive Internet hoax which claimed that a Siberian borehole had penetrated the Earth's crust into Hell itself, with "proof" being an audio recording of the screaming souls of the damned. This urban legend (variously known as the "Siberian Sounds of Hell" or "The Well to Hell" hoax) featured in many tabloids, and was even cited by some Christian groups as hard proof of a real Hell. The sound effects supposedly recorded within the borehole were actually a combination of story elements from a radio broadcast "Quiet Please - The Thing on the Fourble Board", and audio lifted from this film.

Goofs
While being chased through the streets by Baron Blood, Eva runs into the same alley twice (with the same advertisement plastered against the building).

Alternate versions
Italian version runs 98 minutes; USA version, titled Baron Blood (1972) removes about eight minutes of footage for pacing.

Connections
Edited into Baron Blood: Die Burg des Teufels - Locationtour (2017)

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Featured review

6/10

ridiculous, but stylish and amusing

Peter goes to Austria to relax after getting his MA and to..."find his roots." He stays with an uncle who shows him the castle that belonged to his dead ancestor (aka Baron Blood), who was notorious for his torture chamber. He meets an architecture student named Eva and they find out the Baron was cursed under a witch's spell. So they decide to invoke the Baron's spirit. Why? Because Peter can't pass the chance to get to know one of his ancestors. Really. This is the worst Bava movie I've seen so far. Not to say it was bad. Baron Blood is very stylish and entertaining, gruesome, suspenseful, and the sets are great. The main problem is that the plot is absurd and the characters and their apparent motivations are extremely stupid. The horrid 70s song that opens and closes the movie should have never been recorded. My Rating: 5.5/10