The Verdict
A Dutch sculptor has created incredibly realistic statues, depicting the most famous heroines in history, and displays them inside a mill. A young scholar, who falls in love with the sculptor's sick daughter, discovers the terrible secret that those statues hide.
A Dutch sculptor has created incredibly realistic statues, depicting the most famous heroines in history, and displays them inside a mill. A young scholar, who falls in love with the sculptor's sick daughter, discovers the terrible secret that those statues hide. The first of Ferroni's two horror films, the other being the remarkable "La Notte dei Diavoli", which he will no longer direct genre films, leaving disappointed the many admirers acquired with these two excellent films. High-level actors, as well as the screenplay, although the story takes more from the 1933 film "La Maschera di Cera" by Curtiz. Some terrifying scenes of the film are memorable, such as the final one of the purifying fire or the one of the parade of statues in front of the enchanted protagonist to the rhythm of an unsettling music box, enhanced by the splendid photography of which this film avails itself. Unfortunately, it is very hard to find, practically never broadcast on television and not available on VHS (nor on DVD...).
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