The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!
- Warren Kiefer
- Luciano Ricci
- Frederick Muller
- Michael Reeves
- Warren Kiefer
- Michael Reeves
Rating: 5.967/10 by 30 users
Alternative Title:
Castle of the Living Dead - GB
Le château des morts vivants - FR
The Castle of the Living Dead - US
Country:
France
Italy
Language:
Italiano
Runtime: 01 hour 30 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: funeral, mummy, castle, gothic horror, raven, embalming, midget, strongman
At first sight, this looks remarkably humdrum, but it's a bit better than that. Christopher Lee's outwardly benign "Count Drago" invites a travelling troupe of performers to stay and perform at his castle. Before long, things start going drastically wrong for them. All humankind is reflected in this film - we have a witch, a dwarf, a deaf mute and lots of creatures that look like the product of the taxidermist's art - but are they really? It's eerily told, very much in the Hammer mould, this story - with quite a bit of suspense as we gradually get to the truth. Keep an eye out for Donald Sutherland as the policeman with a little added extra.
