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The Blancheville Monster
Why this pick
Another monochrome Italian Gothic nightmare, pairing a decaying aristocratic estate with family curses, repressed desire and an atmosphere of deathly romantic doom.
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MOVIE1964 1h 36m ITA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the late 15th century, Adele Karnstein is burned at the stake, accused of being a witch who has murdered Count Franz Humboldt. Lisabeth, the woman's youngest daughter, lives in the Humboldt castle and when she grows up Lisabeth is forced to marry the deceased man's nephew, Kurt Humboldt, who is the real murderer. The drama unfolds in an atmosphere of cruelty, superstition, sexuality and the scourge of the plague, with the sudden appearance of a mysterious woman called Mary.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nello Pazzafini
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Barbara Steele
Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein