![]() ![]() Under terrible, obvious old age makeup the beautiful Magda Konopka ( When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth) plays Dr.īannister, a haggard scientist. Satanik is a dreary 1968 comic book adaptation and one of several sound-alike imitators of Mario Bava's Danger:ĭiabolik. InĮuro-horror films she's almost always dubbed by someone else. ![]() Steele is said to have used her own voice. The image is still gray and dullīut it no longer breaks up into fine digital patterns. Retromedia first released The Faceless Monster in 2003, and this re-issue improves on the encoding. Although it has its moments, The Faceless Monster is definitely lesser Steele. The story drags until the finale when Steele appears in a gruesome makeup, The visuals approach the haunting artistry in her earlier work. Caianao's treats Barbara Steele to many close-ups but none of The director is Mario Caiano, credited on the film as Allan Grünewald. Judgingīy this picture the genre may have lapsed for lack of fresh ideas. Steele would make her last classic-era Italian horror film only a year later. Past, echoing Antonio Margheriti's Castle of Blood. Sisters played by Barbara Steele in a dual role, reminding us of Mario Bava's Black Sunday. Subjects her successor to a domestic nightmare, as in Riccardo Freda's The Horrible Dr. A madman kills his unfaithful first wife and then If corresponding film scenes indeed exist, they're not in this 100-minute version of the film, which plays without obvious signsĪlas, The Faceless Monster simply repeats the themes of earlier Steele vehicles. Midi-minuit fantastique were mesmerized by sexy photos of Barbara Steele, in various states of undress, chained to a number of Inquisitive readers of the French film magazine Received a brief release in America in a severely edited version, Nightmare Castle. Made in 1965 under the evocative title Amanti d'oltretomba (Lovers from Beyond the Tomb), The Faceless Monster Both Satanik and The Red Headed Corpse offer diabolical females but are poorly directed. The other two features will appeal only forĬuriosity's sake. Icon Barbara Steele and will need no further recommendation for genre aficionados. Retromedia has bundled three European horror films onto one amusingly titled bargain disc. Anxious for revenge, Muriel burns Stephen alive, and David sucks Solange's blood, thereby reducing her to a skeleton. As Stephen is planning another blood transfusion for Solange, Derek discovers the hearts hidden in the urn and liberates the ghosts of Muriel and David. When Derek Joyce, Jenny's doctor, is summoned to the castle, he refuses to pronounce her insane, but he senses that supernatural forces are at work. Together with Solange, who is now a beautiful young woman, Stephen conspires to drive Jenny insane. When Stephen discovers that Muriel's fortune has been willed to her neurotic sister, Jenny, rather than himself, he persuades her to marry him. With their blood, Stephen rejuvenates his aging and faithful servant, Solange, and hides the hearts of Muriel and David in an urn. He electrocutes his wife, Muriel, and her lover, David, the gardener at the castle. Stephen Arrowsmith, an insane scientist, experiments with the possibilities of regenerating blood with electricity. ![]()
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