Castle Of Blood. 1964.
A journalist accepts a bet to spend the night in a castle on All Hallows Eve.
A great prime example of Italian horror that doesn't rely on a big budget or gore fest just a decent story based on Edgar Allen Poe and a atmospheric setting and great acting to pull it off. Georges Riviere plays the inquisitive English journalist (yeah the film is set in London) who answers to a bet by Umberto Raho stay the night in his family castle while being told a story by Mr Poe played by Silvano Tranquilli.
Barbara Steele plays the inhabitant of the castle who knows about her brother's wager and accompanied by jealous sister Margrete Robsahm, Barbara and Georges share good chemistry together on screen and that's why the film works and also we are shown the past and things that have happened behind the Gothic castle. What also makes the film work is the Black & White cinematography that helps you soak in the atmosphere, Originally title Danza Macabra for the Italian release that is certainly a great film to come back to and never be bored.
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