Danza macabra (1964)

Directors:

Sergio Corbucci
Antonio Margheriti

Writers:

Sergio Corbucci (screenplay)
Giovanni Grimaldi (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 July 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The living and the dead change places in an orgy of terror!

Plot:

A writer accepts a bet that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on All Soul's Eve. Once night falls at the castle...

Plot Keywords:

Castle | Bet | Actual Animal Killed | Nudity | Overnight In A Haunted House

Cast

Barbara Steele	...	Elisabeth Blackwood
Georges Rivière	...	Alan Foster
Margarete Robsahm	...	Julia
Arturo Dominici	...	Dr. Carmus (as Henry Kruger)
Silvano Tranquilli	...	Edgar Allan Poe (as Montgomery Glenn)
Sylvia Sorrente	...	Elsi (as Sylvia Sorrent)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giovanni Cianfriglia		(as Phil Karson)
John Peters
Merry Powers
Umberto Raho		(as Raul H. Newman)
Salvo Randone
Benito Stefanelli		(as Ben Steffen)
Johnny Walters

Also Known As:

Castle of Blood (UK) (USA)
Coffin of Terror
Dimensions in Death
Edgar Allan Poe's Castle of Blood
La danse macabre (France)
La lunga notte de terrore
Terrore
The Castle of Terror (USA)
The Long Night of Terror
Tombs of Horror
Tombs of Terror
Makavrios horos (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

Giovanni Addessi Produzione Cinematografica

Quotes:

[last lines]
[to himself]
Edgar Allan Poe: Incredible.
[in a ghostly voice-over]
Elisabeth Blackwood: You have stayed with me, Alan.
[in a ghostly voice-over]
Alan Foster: Yes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in La vendetta di Lady Morgan (1965)

Wonderfully eerie Italian horror.

Antonio Margheriti's "Danza Macabra"/"Castle of Blood" is an eerie,atmospheric chiller that succeeds on all fronts.It looks absolutely beautiful in black & white and it has wonderfully creepy Gothic vibe.Alan Foster is an English journalist who pursues an interview with visiting American horror writer Edgar Allan Poe.Poe bets Foster that he can't spend one night in the abandoned mansion of Poe's friend,Thomas Blackwood.Accepting the wager,Foster is locked in the mansion and the horror begins!The film is extremely atmospheric and it scared the hell out of me.The crypt sequence is really eerie and the tension is almost unbearable.Barbara Steele looks incredibly beautiful as sinister specter Elisabeth Blackwood."Castle of Blood" is easily one of the best Italian horror movies made in early 60's.A masterpiece!