The Blood Demon (1967)

Original title

Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel

Directed by

Harald Reinl

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, vampire film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 86 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dead count comes back to life and hunts for revenge against the people who killed him. A group of people must face his tortures in a castle.

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What happens

The Blood Demon (Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel in West Germany), also known as The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism, The Snake Pit and the Pendulum, Blood of the Virgins, and Castle of the Walking Dead, is a 1967 West German horror film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Christopher Lee, Karin Dor, and Lex Barker. The film, written by Manfred R. Köhler, is based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and concerns the saga of Count Regula (Lee) who, after being drawn and quartered for murdering 12 virgin maidens, returns to life seeking revenge. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Rolf Zehetbauer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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