After a
public execution, the good
citizens of a
small Transylvanian community think they have finally rid themselves of the murderous
Count Regula, known to
his victims as
Dr. Sadism... they were wrong! Even being drawn and quartered
does not cripple this sadist. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to
seek revenge on the daughter
of his intended thirteenth victim and the son
of his prosecutor in
order to
attain immortal life. Borrowing loosely from Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum',
director Harald Reinl does a
masterful job of pacing and fills
the screen
with surreal and spine
tingling images. Reinl's real-life wife Karin Dor plays the luscious
Baroness Lilian von Brabant, the last
female member of one of the families.
Only her blood can give the count
what he needs for
his 'life elixir.' Featuring horror legend Christopher Lee in
the title
role and ex-Tarzan
legend Lex Barker as
the hero
this is a
classic Euro shocker sure to
shock and awe!
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