Boris Karloff, Dorothy Neumann, Jack Nicholson

A young officer in Napoleon's army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.

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PG, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Monte Hellman, Roger Corman

Release Date: June 17, 1963

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DVD Release Date: September 15, 1998

 

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  • October 22, 2007
    The only color horror film that Boris Karloff ever made, and an early film for Nicholson. I reccomend this whole heartedly.
  • September 6, 2007
    old dawn of color movies
    I'm guessing that jack Nickolson plays the French Soldier. OMG!! LOL it looks so funny to see him in his youth I think I like him better now.
  • August 6, 2009
    This movie has a couple of good things going for it. Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson, for starters.

    I felt bored almost immediately, but pressed on, as two of my favorite actors were on screen. As the horrible dialogue flowed out of these amazing actors mouths, I reassured myse...( read more)lf that the spooky and haunting storyine would carry this horrendous writing from whence it came! But, I became more and more disappointed as the movie dredged on. And then I found that I had become highly disappointed in myself for having wasted so much time on such a flick. Then, I remembered that it wasn't actually a waste of time, and that I had gotten some quality Karloff and Nicholson action, no matter how you dice it up.

    So it turned out to be a win. And the crazy bird that kept attacking Jack Nicholson in the movie visited me in my dreams.
  • September 30, 2009
    Shot in four days, with five different directors, with left over sets...and it shows. Films like this are usually good for a bit of fun now and again, only downside here being that the story is so muddled by the end of it you don't know what's going on. Nice to see a young Jack N...( read more)icholson though (who also directed some of the footage).
  • October 2, 2009
    wow what a brilliant movie 2 watch.....i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a great movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that sandra knight, richard miller, boris karloff, jack nicholson, dorothy ne...( read more)uman play good roles/parts throughout this movie......i think that the director of this horror movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie this is such a good movie 2 watch n i think that this is a early movie role for jack nicholson..its a great movie 2 watch
  • October 1, 2009
    a roger corman cheapie filmed in under a week and having 5 different directors isn't the worst low budget corman film ever and it certainly grows on you after awhile mostly due to nicholson and karloff being in it
  • September 14, 2009
    This was boring part of the time, confusing the rest of the time. Yes I did love seeing Jack Nicholson at such an early age, performing alongside such Boris Karloff. The plot was just plain strange, and what about the baby???? Get the idea??
  • June 29, 2009
    hi am nurideen from ghana want to be friends with you I mean good friends, you look great in there too.
  • June 23, 2009
    A real good classic movie. Boris Karloff is and has always been one of the best.
  • June 21, 2009
    Iam a fan of Boris Karloff. Saw movie in 1964. Was it scary then. Now it is hard to keep interest in it. The girl was a mystery at first. Nicholson as that young soldiier seemed very niave to me now. When Boris opened that door after following that trail of blood was very scary. ...( read more)I still enjoued it buy my interest was lagging

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