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Scream of the Demon Lover (1970)

Scream of the Demon Lover poster
Original title
Il castello dalle porte di fuoco
Directed by
José Luis Merino
Genre
horror film, exploitation film
Country
Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A mad scientist captures women for his experiments in his isolated castle. The film follows his gruesome attempts to create life.

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What happens

Scream of the Demon Lover (released in Italy as Il castello dalle porte di fuoco/ The Castle With the Door of Fire) is a horror film, originally written under the title Ivanna. It was released in France as Le Monstre du château, and in Mexico as El Castillo di Frankenstein. It was written by Enrico Colombo and Maria del Carmen Martinez Roman, with input from the director Jose Luis Merino. Roger Corman bought the film for his New World Pictures to put on a drive-in double bill with The Velvet Vampire. The film was cut in the U.S. from 98 minutes to only 78 minutes, eliminating some of the nudity and gore. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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