Description
Christopher Lee stars as a 19th century Count who invites a theatrical troupe to his castle for a weekend of horrors.
THE ORIGINAL UNCUT VERSION SCANNED IN 4K WITH NEW SPECIAL FEATURES
In the final film of his early '60s European period, Christopher Lee stars as a 19th century Count who invites a theatrical troupe for a weekend of horrors that boasts an enthusiastically creepy performance by Lee, startling locations in Lazio, Italy's Orsini-Odescalchi Castle and 'Park of the Monsters', second-unit direction by Michael Reeves (WITCHFINDER GENERAL) and the screen debut of Donald Sutherland as both a doofus gendarme and a hunchbacked hag. Philippe Leroy (THE NIGHT PORTER) and Jacques Stany (VIOLENCE IN A WOMEN'S PRISON) co-star in this 1964 French-Italian co-production from American producer Paul Maslansky - who would go on to produce DEATH LINE and the POLICE ACADEMY movies - and fellow expat writer/director Warren Kiefer - after whom Sutherland would name his son - now scanned in 4K from the Italian negative for the first time ever.
Special Features
Media
Bonus Materials
- Audio Commentary with Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson & Film Writer Troy Howarth
- Audio Commentary with Film Writer Kat Ellinger
- From the Castle to the Academy - Career Interview with Master Producer Paul Maslansky
- The Castle of the Mystery Man - Mavericks of Italian Cinema Author Roberto Curti on Writer/Director Warren Kiefer
Cast & Crew
Actors:- Christopher Lee as Count Drago
- Gaia Germani as Laura
- Philippe Leroy as Eric
- Mirko Valentin as Sandro
- Donald Sutherland as Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man
- Antonio De Martino as Nick
- Renato Terra as Policeman
- Luigi Bonos as Marc
- Ennio Antonelli as Gianni
- Jacques Stany as Bruno
- Luciano Pigozzi as Dart
Director: Warren Kiefer
Producer: Paul Maslansky
Additional Details
Label: Severin Films
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 90 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 01/31/23
UPC: 760137116233