El molino de las mujeres de piedra

Produccion: Giampaolo Bigazzi (Producer) — Charles Kornel (Producer)

Guion: Remigio Del Grosso (Writer) — Giorgio Ferroni (Writer) — Ugo Liberatore (Writer) — Pieter van Weigen (Story) — Giorgio Stegani (Writer)

Musica: Carlo Innocenzi (Original Music Composer)

Fotografia: Pier Ludovico Pavoni (Director of Photography)

Un escultor holandés ha creado unas estatuas increíblemente realistas, representando a las heroínas más famosas de la historia, y las exhibe dentro de un molino. Un joven erudito, que se enamora de la hija enferma del escultor, descubre sin embargo el terrible secreto que esconden esas estatuas. El primero de los dos horrores de Ferroni, el otro es el notable "La Notte dei Diavoli", que luego no dirigirá más películas de género, dejando decepcionados a los numerosos admiradores adquiridos con estas dos excelentes películas. Actores de alto nivel, así como el guion, aunque la historia toma más de una idea de la película de 1933 "La Máscara de Cera" de Curtiz. Memorables algunas escenas aterradoras de la película, como la final del incendio purificador o la del desfile de estatuas frente al protagonista hechizado al ritmo de una caja de música inquietante, enriquecidas por la espléndida fotografía de la que se vale esta película. Desafortunadamente, es muy difícil de conseguir, prácticamente nunca transmitido en televisión y no disponible en VHS (ni mucho menos en DVD...).

Pretty weird Italian horror film that reminded me a bit of Frankenstein. Not great and I kind of lost interest halfway through but it does pick up in the finale and all in all found it to be entertaining enough. 3.5/5

What’s going on inside the spooky old windmill?

In 1890’s Holland, a writer (Pierre Brice) visits a mill where a reclusive sculptor lives (Herbert Böhme). One of the attractions is the artist’s odd carrousel that displays ghastly statues of women. Then there’s his striking daughter (Scilla Gabel) whom he won’t allow out of the mill for some reason. What’s going on? Wolfgang Preiss is on hand as the sculptor’s in-house doctor.

An Italian/French production, “Mill of the Stone Women” (1960) is colorful and atmospheric Hammer-esque horror that combines the basic set-up of the Dracula story whereupon a young man visits a strange, Victorian abode hosted by an eccentric old man mixed with bits of the Frankenstein story and “House of Wax.”

Redhead Liana Orfei (Annelore) is a highlight on the female front, but so is Dany Carrel (Liselotte) and the aforenoted Scilla Gabel.

“Mill” is quaint entertainment in a macabre, Grand Guignol way. The drug-addled portion in the middle gets tedious, but the last act makes up for it; and you can’t beat the unique setting of the massive windmill in the flat countryside of the Netherlands. It was the first Italian horror production shot in color.

The flick runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was filmed in Holland and Belgium with studio scenes done in Rome.

GRADE: B

65/100

A man doing research on a Professor's macabre carousel of historical figures, stumbles into a terrible secret concerning the Prof's daughter. This early horror film is definitely a product of its time with completely rote acting and dialog and our protagonist providing lots of padding through his confusion and hallucinatory wanderings. However, there's some very interesting stuff here as it became more intriguing and bizarre morphing into a morbid cross between "Re-Animator" and "A Bucket of Blood". Far more entertaining that I expected it would be. -- DrNostromo.com

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RESEÑAS (1)

TAMBIÉN PODRÍA GUSTARTE

La Moglie di Frankenstein

Eraserhead - La Mente che Cancella

Van Helsing

Phantasm - Fantasmi

Relic - L'Evoluzione del Terrore

Vestito per Uccidere

Horror Puppet (Tourist Trap)

La Maschera di Cera

Dolls - Bambole

Le Cinque Chiavi del Terrore

I Vampiri

La Bambola del Diavolo

RESEÑAS DE LA COMUNIDAD (3)

EL MOLINO DE LAS MUJERES DE PIEDRA