IL BOIA SCARLATTO
Il boia scarlatto
Per realizzare un servizio fotografico per le copertine delle sue pubblicazioni, un editore di romanzi gialli si reca con una troupe e alcune modelle presso un castello abitato solo da un attore in pensione che, escluse due guardie del corpo factotum, vive isolato dal mondo. Nonostante l'iniziale contrarietà, li accoglie per la notte. Mentre perlustrano i sotterranei del castello, alcuni membri della troupe incidentalmente rompono il sigillo che imprigiona un criminale, noto come il "boia scarlatto" che, secoli prima, era stato condannato a morte e giustiziato dentro una vergine di Norimberga nelle segrete del castello. Accadono misteriosi incidenti mortali, ma si decide di proseguire col servizio fotografico.
Registi
Cast
Mickey Hargitay
Travis Anderson
Walter Brandi
Rick
Luisa Baratto
Edith
Ralph Zucker
Dermott, the Photographer
Rita Klein
Nancy, the Cover Girl
Alfredo Rizzo
Daniel Parks
Barbara Nelli
Suzy, the Cover Girl
Moa Tahi
Kinojo, the Cover Girl
Femi Benussi
Annie, the Cover Girl
Nando Angelini
Nik Angel
Albert Gordon
Raoul
Gino Turini
Anderson's Henchman #1
Roberto Messina
Anderson's Henchman #2
Carolyn De Fonseca
Kinojo (voice)
Troupe
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Kitschy Italian torture horror from the mid-60s
A group of ten people on a photoshoot near Rome spend the night in a castle owned by an eccentric recluse (Mickey Hargitay) who’s fascinated by an infamous executioner who was executed there over 300 years ago.
"Bloody Pit of Horror" (1965) is akin to mid-60’s kitsch like “Village of the Giants” (1965), but with the horror bent of “Horror Hotel” (1960, aka “City of the Dead”) and “Dracula, Prince of Darkness” (1966). Future movies like “The Devil’s Nightmare” (1971) and “Howling V: The Rebirth” (1989) took the template and made better movies, low-budget though they may be.
Don’t get me wrong, “Bloody Pit of Horror” is definitely worth checking out for its over-the-top garish entertainment, but Hargitay hams it up too much, although he looks great for the role. The characters are simply uninteresting, which detracts suspense. Luisa Baratto as the bookish Edith ends up being the most alluring female (riding the bull, lol), along with the dumb blonde. The rest are good-looking, but too thin and forgettable.
The film runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, and was shot at Castello Piccolomini, Balsorano, L'Aquila, Italy, about a 75 minute drive from Rome with interiors done in the city (studio).
GRADE: B-
Recensioni fornite da TMDB
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