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Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)

Bloody Pit of Horror poster
Original title
Il boia scarlatto
Directed by
Massimo Pupillo
Genre
horror film
Country
Italy, United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
18
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 75 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of female models travels to a remote Italian castle for a photo shoot. The castle's mysterious owner transforms into a killer called the Crimson Executioner and begins hunting them down one by one.

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What happens

Bloody Pit of Horror (Italian: Il boia scarlatto - The Crimson Executioner) is a 1965 Gothic horror film. The film, set in Italy, was directed by Domenico Massimo Pupillo and stars Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi, Luisa Baratto and Rita Klein. It tells the story of a group of women modeling for a photo shoot at a castle, whose owner takes on the identity of the Crimson Executioner, bent on their deaths. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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