tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post429861012704226976..comments2024-01-25T05:48:13.938-06:00Comments on Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies: Castle of Blood (1964): or, She's Dead and Lovely NowThe Vicar of VHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-83818680870349926842011-06-03T12:21:25.340-05:002011-06-03T12:21:25.340-05:00Thanks for dropping by, bavafan! I would have to w...Thanks for dropping by, bavafan! I would have to watch it again (and will!), but I guess I got tangled up in the layers there--we've got a ghost reliving her murder BY a ghost, which ghost also relives HIS last moments BEFORE he was a ghost, which occured with the ghost whom he made a ghost some time later... Of course, now that I think of it like that, how could I have missed it? :)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-13679691954453554142011-06-03T12:08:58.705-05:002011-06-03T12:08:58.705-05:00If everyone recreates the moment of their death on...If everyone recreates the moment of their death on that night, then we have to take it that Elizabeth was murdered by the ghost of her lover. Remember, he charges into the bedroom and stabs her in the heart? So that is the moment she is forced to replay year after year. I love this movie too! They used to show it on my local TV station every Halloween when I was a kid. Barbara Steele is the best!bavafan@hotmailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-72570910201577265182010-11-05T19:22:35.217-05:002010-11-05T19:22:35.217-05:00The Terrible Dr. Hichcock is a great movie. I thin...<i>The Terrible Dr. Hichcock</i> is a great movie. I think Barbara Steele probably made a higher proportion of good movies than almost any other scream queen I can think of.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-6172806187000652782010-11-05T16:47:04.952-05:002010-11-05T16:47:04.952-05:00Excellent post, Vicar. I've had the uncensored...Excellent post, Vicar. I've had the uncensored Synapse release on my Amazon with list for a year, but it moves to the top now based on your enthusiastic post and gorgeous screen-grabs.<br />Ms. Steele had the most frustrating career. Her screen-time in her few films was either brief ("The Pit and the Pendulum"), or the films she appeared in so sub-standard as to squander her considerable presence. This one looks to be a laudable exception.<br />I've seen her in "Black Sunday" of course. And I recently read Mr. Arbogast's '10 "31 Screams" finale post on a Steele scream scene in "The Terrible Dr. Hitchcock" -- which looks to be another winner. Unfortunately, that one has yet to receive a legitimate DVD release, at least to my knowledge. If you're privy to a quality source, please let us know.<br />Best wishes, and keep up the good work -- you and your debauched, deviant, but decidedly diverting Ducal compatriot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-38736894115550274182010-11-04T22:32:40.775-05:002010-11-04T22:32:40.775-05:00Wow, someone who loves DANSE MACABRE almost as muc...Wow, someone who loves DANSE MACABRE almost as much as I!<br /><br />(Always liked that title a lot more than CASTLE OF BLOOD)<br /><br />This is a movie that should definitely be seen by any of the misguided souls who thought Hammer was the best at this sort of movie in the '60s--totally blows away the very best those stodgy English Tories ever managed.<br /><br />Tell me, Vicar, hast thee yet seen the Barbara Steele interview on the Severin NIGHTMARE CASTLE disc? She covers her entire career, and it's a good one. If you haven't--and if thy love be true--you should make it a point to get it immediately.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-53187285133582913062010-11-04T10:50:32.438-05:002010-11-04T10:50:32.438-05:00Thanks everyone for the comments!
@RichardP--This...Thanks everyone for the comments!<br /><br />@RichardP--This is definitely a perfect Halloween flick. Creepy, gothic, gorgeous to look at--it really has it all! And as to Horror Hotel, that was one of the earliest movies I reviewed here (<a href="http://mmmmmovies.blogspot.com/2007/08/horror-hotel-or-i-know-lot-about.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>), way back in August 2007! I like it pretty well, but Castle of Blood is definitely my fave.<br /><br />As to your second question, she's the one resident whose death we don't get to see replayed--I suppose b/c the filmmakers wanted to keep it ambiguous whether she was really dead (though given everything else, that seems a silly concern). I like to think that after the orgy of death in her bedroom, she committed suicide. It's the romantic in me. ;)<br /><br />@Joe Monster--Knowing your love for old school horror, I think you would definitely dig this one! Get yourself a copy stat! <br /><br />WRT your comment verification, I think it's the answer to the question, "What do you do with your female cat after she's been hit by a delivery van?" :P<br /><br />@dfordoom--I said it in the review but I'll say it again: I fell in love with Barbara Steele because of this movie. And I don't mean "fanboy" love. I mean I wanted to whisk her away to the Carpathians and give her my babies. ;)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-49495853435461458142010-11-04T10:24:48.365-05:002010-11-04T10:24:48.365-05:00But there is one thing- Vicar- How exactly does El...But there is one thing- Vicar- How exactly does Elizabeth die?RichardPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-1112586235529806392010-11-04T08:02:59.486-05:002010-11-04T08:02:59.486-05:00I totally agree. A terific movie, and terrific Ba...I totally agree. A terific movie, and terrific Barbara Steele performance.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-29892702690910198272010-11-03T14:24:10.094-05:002010-11-03T14:24:10.094-05:00Excellent review, Vicar! It was dripping with such...Excellent review, Vicar! It was dripping with such honest-to-God adoration for the molding ghost tales of yore that I think it would be considered a sin NOT for me to seek this one out immediately. A beautiful looking film that I can't wait to feast my ocular organs on. Brava!<br /><br />P.S. My word verification is binher. Is that as in "Binher, duntat?"Jose Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152405075039057304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-56341857821927186502010-11-03T13:01:46.380-05:002010-11-03T13:01:46.380-05:00Terrific Movie! I first saw it on creature feature...Terrific Movie! I first saw it on creature features back in the early 70's as a small kid- scared the heck out of me. I havnt seen it since- until Synapse released it! <br /><br />Now its one of my standard Halloween movies to watch every year! Horror Hotel is another!<br /><br />"When I finally write this story, people will say it's... unbelievable. " PoeRichardPnoreply@blogger.com