Originally shown in the U.S. on a double bill with director Massimo Pupillo's other/better Goth picture BLOODY PIT OF HORROR, this is probably my least favorite Barbara Steele movie(actually SHE-BEAST is even worse!). It starts off so slowly that it seems like a chore just getting through the dull opening scenes. I don't feel that director Pupillo has quite the ability or style of a Mario Bava or even a Riccardo Freda. He builds some nice atmosphere but the overall pacing of the film just seems off and Steele isn't really used enough. Some zombies, as well as severed zombie hands, come alive towards the end but they aren't shown all that much. Worth watching only if you want to see Steele taking a nice sponge bath in a typical Gothic castle.
Don't you get to see Barbara Steele naked in a bath seen in that black and white film Nightmare Castle?
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NIGHTMARE CASTLE is pretty good. I saw it in Huntington a few years back. I don't remember any nudity but maybe it was a cut print or something. These movies always seem to have alternate versions floating around.
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