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Director:

Riccardo Freda

Writers:

Mario Bianchi (writer)
José Gutiérrez Maesso (writer)
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Release Date:

20 December 1972 (Italy) more

Genre:

Horror more

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Uninspired and slow-paced more (9 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Camille Keaton ... Jane
Tony Isbert ... Bill
Máximo Valverde ... Joe
Luigi Pistilli ... Lord Alexander
Luciana Paluzzi ... Lady Alexander
José Calvo ... Gas station attendant
Giovanni Petrucci ... Fred
Irina Demick ... Bill's mother
Paul Muller ... Doctor
Beni Deus ... Ferguson
Milo Quesada
Alejandro de Enciso
Elsa Zabala ... Devil worshipper
Pablo García
David Thomson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Trágica ceremonia en villa Alexander (Spain)
Tragic Ceremony (USA)
Tragic Experience at Villa Alexander (USA) (bootleg title)
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Runtime:

Spain:82 min

Country:

Spain | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Uninspired and slow-paced, 21 April 2005
4/10
Author: OnePlusOne from Stockholm, Sweden

This late-ish effort from Freda plays as a modern day (70's that is) Gothic thriller, but comes out short of thrills. Certainly it's not a dreadfully bad film, it's jut got that feeling which many of Freda's later films have of someone who has given up when he's seen the first daily's. It starts out good enough, almost giallo like in tone, then takes a turn into Gothic territories with a decent (albeit terribly cliché) set up. Then suddenly Freda seems to have lost interest in the film and all we get is prolonged shots of Camille Keaton and burning candles. Then circa an hour into the film we get some sort of violent climax with decent-to-poor special effects. This is followed by a slow paced outro with a very obvious twist ending (If it's even intended to be a twist?). And throw a few very halfhearted explanatory scenes along the way and you got Tragic Ceremony. Thus in parts it's got its qualities. But then suddenly stumbles and collapses in front of you. A pity.

btw stay away from the SHAROMA DVD, a useless murky pan& scan edition which kills of what could be a good visual experience.

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