damm was a gr8 movie didnt went in with any expactations but over all the plot was good
Alfredo Rizzo,
Luisa Baratto,
Mickey Hargitay,
Moa Tahi,
Rita Klein
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Five sexy cover girls and their photographers break into a gothic castle for a macabre book jacket photo shoot. Unfortunately, a demented actor (Mickey Hargitay) -- who believes he's the reincarnation...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 17, 2000
Stats: 40 reviews
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September 7, 2009
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September 7, 2009
My parents went to see this movie and we kids were told to go to sleep(Drive-in)..i kept sneaking peaks....this was for me, at the time the scariest movie...now i want to re see it...this gave me nightmares of giant mechanical spiders, water torrute and other crazy stuff. i'm s...( read more)
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September 7, 2009
Also on this site as Il Boia scarlatto (Bloody Pit of Horror)(The Scarlet Hangman)(A Tale of Torture) - don't know why it has 2 entries.
Horrible movie that can be played for laughs, but those are too far and few between.
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September 7, 2009
A poorly dubbed Italian horror movie from the sixties that is so bad that you want to laugh and poke your eyes out at the same time. Hargitay plays the main villain, the Crimson Executioner, with all the range of a mannequin. The movie was "inspired" by the writings of Marquis de...( read more)
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September 7, 2009
you gotta love the Crimson Executioner... he will make you laugh , cry and torture you all at the same time
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April 22, 2008
I love this film. Don't know how many times I've seen it.
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February 15, 2008
A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle to shoot some sexy covers for horror novels. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th-century executioner whose job it is to protect the cast...( read more)
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January 26, 2008
This is one of those its so bad its good films. But I do have to say the score is fucking great! This film had me seriously laughing out loud at the dialogue. Mickey Hargitay has some of the best lines. Obssessed with The Crimson Executioners "perfect Body" fun stuff here. Defina...( read more)
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