Nightmare Castle
Nightmare Castle
5.739%
A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count remarries and the new wife experiences nightmares and hauntings. The ghosts of the slain return to exact their bloody revenge, until their hearts are destroyed.
eif999 reviewedJuly 9, 2025
Barbara Steele has a face the camera loves. Her chiseled cheekbones, deer eyes, fat lower lip. It's hard not to stare.
I swore I saw this one before. That's probably because it is so similar to other Steele horrors. You know. Black and white, castle, Barbara doppelgangers, mad doctor.
It's a satisfying gothic horror even still. Has anyone made a list of Italian horror films featuring people having sex in greenhouses?
There are some things I just couldn't square: What are the chances stepsisters would be identical? The doctor makes his ancient maid/nanny/whatever young again - and drop dead beautiful - but doesn't seem to realize that procedure even if it involves human blood would make him a billionaire. Instead he obsesses over a convoluted plan to get his dead wife's money. What a dummy. I kind of think maybe I'm losing something in the translation.