VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG (1963) Antonio Margheriti's Sado/Horror uncu
3473DVD
Fully
Uncut Print of Antonio Margheriti's Sado/Horror Masterpiece
Original
Italian Title: LA VERGINE DI NORIMBERGA [The Virgin of Nuremberg]
also known as HORROR CASTLE (edited version) and CASTLE OF
TERROR
director: Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M Dawson)
starring: Rosana Podesta · Georges Riviere · Christopher
Lee · Jim Dolen · Anna Delli Uberti · Luciana Milone
Women are
being tortured to death with various devices in the dungeon of an old
castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor in Antonio Margheriti's
notorious horror masterpiece. After helming numerous sword-n-sandal films
(e.g., THE
FALL OF ROME), Margheriti turned his attention to the booming
horror genre with this project. The quirky story - based on a novel by
Frank Bogart - deals with Mary (played by Rosana Podesta, a familiar face
in the Italian Peplums like 1962'S ALONE
AGAINST ROME), a woman who has recently married Max Hunter and
moved to a family castle in Austria. Despite the gothic characteristics
of the film [thunderstorms, secret passages, medieval torture devices,
as well as an old creepy castle], the story takes place in the present.
The Gothic castle holds many secrets and one stormy night Mary watches
as a woman is murdered inside a torture devices known as the Virgin
of Nuremberg. Her husband believes she merely had an hallucination
since there is no proof of a murder. She's convinced that a family friend
named Erich is somehow responsible, but then Mary begins to notice that
the castle may be haunted by a mysterious figure known as the Punisher.
This was the
first horror production for Antonio Margheriti, a filmmaker generally
accepted as one of the ten best European Cult directors. He made 60 movies
between 1960 and 2000 and is best known for the sexy Spaghetti Western
STRANGER
AND THE GUNFIGHTER and the notorious horror film NAKED
YOU DIE. Mr Margheriti died from heart failure at age 72 in November
2002.
An
Italian production in English language; widescreen format (16:9), uncut
(84 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include
original theatrical trailer.
Adult
Material/Gore/Graphic
Violence/Sexual Brutality
Recommended For Adult Audiences
