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The Legend of Blood Castle

THE LEGEND OF BLOOD CASTLE

Ceremonia sangrienta

1973 • IT HMDB

September 10, 1973

Countess Elizabeth Bathory conspires with her husband to acquire the blood of virgins to maintain her youth and beauty.

Directors

Jorge Grau

Horror

Cast

Lucia Bosè

Erzebeth Bathory

Espartaco Santoni

Karl Ziemmer

Ewa Aulin

Marina

Ana Farra

Nodriza

Silvano Tranquilli

Médico

Lola Gaos

Carmilla

Enrique Vivó

Alcalde

María Vico

Maria Plojovitz

Ángel Menéndez

Magistrado

Adolfo Thous

Juez

Ismael García-Romeu

Capitán

Raquel Ortuño

Irina

Loreta Tovar

Sandra

Franca Grey

Nadja

Ghika

Inge

Miguel Buñuel

Secretario

Fabián Conde

Alguacil

Estanis González

Posadero

Antonio Puga

Olaus

Francisco Agudín

Cartero

Crew

Production: José María González Sinde (Executive Producer) — Enrique González Macho (Producer) — Adolfo Oliete (Producer)

Screenplay: Jorge Grau (Screenplay) — Sandro Continenza (Screenplay) — Juan Tébar (Screenplay)

Music: Carlo Savina (Original Music Composer)

Cinematography: Oberdan Troiani (Director of Photography) — Fernando Arribas (Director of Photography)

REVIEWS (1)

Marco Castellini

• December 13, 2025

Elizabeth Batory, eccentric Hungarian countess, is convinced that to stay young and beautiful it is necessary to bathe in the blood of young virgins, so she begins to sow death. A decent sexy-horror directed by the filmmaker Jorge Grau ("Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti") which has its strong points in the splendid and talented protagonist Lucia Bosè and the staging of some good purely horrific sequences: the beginning with the witchcraft trial, the sequences of the "blood baths" of the Bosè. For lovers of the genre.