La tredicesima vergine

(Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel)

1967, regia di Harald Reinl

Scheda: Nazione: Germania (RFT) - Produzione: Constantin Film Produktion - Distribuzione: Constantin Film, Exportfilm Bischoff & Company, Hemisphere Pictures, Interglobal Home Video, Magnum Video, New Realm Pictures, Sinister Cinema, Something Weird Video - Soggetto: dal romanzo Il pozzo e il pendolo di Edgar Allan Poe - Sceneggiatura: Manfred R. Köhler - Fotografia: Ernst W. Kalinke, Dieter Liphardt - Montaggio: Hermann Haller - Art Direction: Will Achtmann, Gabriel Pellon - Scenografia: Gabriel Pellon - Costumi: Irms Pauli - Musiche: Peter Thomas - Effetti speciali: Erwin Lange, Theo Nischwitz - Formato: Technicolor - Durata: 85'.

Cast: Christopher Lee, Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Carl Lange, Vladimir Medar, Christiane Rücker, Dieter Eppler.

Trama e commenti: mymovies.it - contenebbia.splinder.com: «Spacciato come adattamento de Il pozzo e il pendolo di Poe. Lee interpreta il malvagio Conte Regular (!) che ha scannato dodici vergini: ora è risorto ed è pronto a cercare la tredicesima vittima per divenir immortale. Lee intepreta con la solita classe il nobile mostruoso e gli fa da spalla, con curiosa dignità, l’ex Tarzan Lex Barker».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - somethingweird.com - eofftv.com - tvguide.com: «Nightmarish horror, German style, this film features Christopher Lee as the gleefully sadistic Count Regula, who has been rejuvenated by his loyal servant, Anatole (Carl Lange), 40 years after being decapitated and dismembered for murdering 12 virgins in the hope that their blood would give him eternal life. Unfortunately, Regula was one shy of the required 13 virgins, so now he's back to finish the job, having summoned a castle full of guests to torment, including Baroness von Brandt (Karin Dor, wife of director Harold Reinl) and her lawyer, Roger (ex-Tarzan Lex Barker). Very loosely based on Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," Blood Demon has little going for it in terms of plot, but makes up for it with some fascinating visuals, including an eerie forest of the dead. Good makeup job on Lee.».

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Conosciuto anche con i titoli: Pendulum; The Blood Demon; Castle of the Walking Dead; The Snake Pit and the Pendulum; The Snake Pit; The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism; The Torture Room; Blood of the Virgins; La Fosse aux Serpents; Omen of the Devil; El Pendulo de la Muerte; Die Schlangengrube des Grafen Dracula; Sräckens Blodiga Borg; Das Todespendel; El Tormento de las Trece Doncellas; Le Vampire et le Sang des Vierges; Vampire - La Malédiction du Château d'Andomai.

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