Web of the Spider (1971)
- Original title
- Nella stretta morsa del ragno
- Directed by
- Antonio Margheriti
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Germany, France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 36 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A writer accepts a bet to spend a night in a haunted castle. He meets the owner's sister and has a strange encounter that leads him to believe the house is full of ghosts.
gothicatmosphericcreepyghostlyeerieslow-pacedmysterious
What happens
Web of the Spider (Italian: Nella stretta morsa del ragno) is a 1971 horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti. The film is about the writer Alan Foster (Anthony Franciosa) who accepts a bet from Edgar Allan Poe (Klaus Kinski) and his friend Thomas Blackwood (Enrico Osterman) to stay a night in Blackwood's castle. At the castle, Foster meets Blackwood's sister Elisabeth (Michèle Mercier) and Julia (Karin Field). Foster has sex with Elisabeth and wakes up to find that she was stabbed by someone whose body vanishes, allowing Foster to realize the house is possessed by ghosts. Web of the Spider is a color remake of Margheriti's earlier film Castle of Blood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.