I saw this movie many years ago as a child and it scared the heck out of me. Now in my forties, I get a chance to watch it again. As an adult I was not as scared!
This is a well-made black and white horror movie. It is atmospheric and done at a good location. It also has moments of intended humor.
There is an old castle on a hill overlooking a small village. It is somewhere in Europe, and the year is about 1910. The locals in the village know the castle holds a mystery. But whenever someone gets too curious a bad-tempered old woman chases them away.
What is the secret of the old castle? It seems that about 20 years ago, something happened: The beautiful young countess disappeared and her heartbroken fiancé went looking everywhere for her. Neither of them (nor a substantial amount of family jewels) has been seen since.
A father and daughter now arrive to stay at the castle. The young woman looks identical to the countess who disappeared so long ago. What's more, she has nightmares which are making her go crazy. The father believes that he will "cure" the daughter's ever-increasing madness by visiting the castle.
But the daughter is not likely to sleep well since there is a hideously deformed man living in the dungeon. He easily comes and goes using secret passages and is responsible for strange things happening to the villagers. The police are clueless!
Is the daughter a reincarnation of the countess? And just who is the monster in the dungeon? You will have to view it yourself to find out!
This is a well-made black and white horror movie. It is atmospheric and done at a good location. It also has moments of intended humor.
There is an old castle on a hill overlooking a small village. It is somewhere in Europe, and the year is about 1910. The locals in the village know the castle holds a mystery. But whenever someone gets too curious a bad-tempered old woman chases them away.
What is the secret of the old castle? It seems that about 20 years ago, something happened: The beautiful young countess disappeared and her heartbroken fiancé went looking everywhere for her. Neither of them (nor a substantial amount of family jewels) has been seen since.
A father and daughter now arrive to stay at the castle. The young woman looks identical to the countess who disappeared so long ago. What's more, she has nightmares which are making her go crazy. The father believes that he will "cure" the daughter's ever-increasing madness by visiting the castle.
But the daughter is not likely to sleep well since there is a hideously deformed man living in the dungeon. He easily comes and goes using secret passages and is responsible for strange things happening to the villagers. The police are clueless!
Is the daughter a reincarnation of the countess? And just who is the monster in the dungeon? You will have to view it yourself to find out!