Christopher Lee,
Daliah Lavi,
Harriet Medin,
Isli Oberon,
Jacques Herlin
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Sumptuously twisted imagery, gorgeously surreal colors and fever-pitch emotions are all clues that Italian horror maestro Mario Bava is behind this cult classic that finds Christopher Lee playing a 19...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
Stats: 54 reviews
Note: At first deliciously cruel and violent, then more sensual and tragic in a way only Bava could arrange it-- mixing sado-masochism, humour and emotion, giving us a powerful and moving love story. A story in which love accepts only all or nothing...
Bava is a master.
Gorgeous, so gorgeous. The score, the colours, the setting, the clothing. The haunting scenes were exquisitely beautiful. Oh, if only the woman hadn't been so annoying.
I don't really know what happened, but boy was it beautifully photographed and boy were the ladies smoking hot
If Roger Corman hired Mario Bava to do a ghost story this is what you'd end up with. It's creepy, beautiful and scary--namely the scene with Christopher Lee enters Daliah Lavi's bedroom. (The green hand coming out of the darkness alone...) If you're looking to get into Bava I wou...( read more)
Gorgeous, moody and chilling, this is one you can't miss. Too bad Christopher Lee's voice is nowhere to be found on either the English or French tracks.
Dream...reality...where's the thruth? Desire to life or to death? I had a Trip at the age of 14: this movie messed me, stoned me... Capt. Bava shocked me... forever.
This just wasn't my type of movie. It still managed to be entertaining, had some great scenes, and a good mystery.
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