Nightmare Castle (1965)

Original title

Amanti d'oltretomba

Directed by

Mario Caiano

Genre

gothic film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman and her lover plot to steal her husband's fortune. The husband discovers their betrayal and exacts a cruel revenge. Years later, the husband remarries a woman who looks exactly like his dead wife, and dark secrets from the past begin to surface.

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What happens

Nightmare Castle, also known as The Faceless Monster, (Italian: Amanti d’Oltretomba) is a 1965 Italian horror film directed by Mario Caiano. The film stars Paul Muller, Helga Liné and Barbara Steele in a dual role. Mario Caiano shot the film in Rome and declared it his tribute to the Gothic genre and to actress Barbara Steele. Among reviews of the film, critics and historians note Steele's dual performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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