Top billed cast

1. 

   Lex Barker

   Roger Mont Elise / Roger von Marienberg

2. 

   Karin Dor

   Baroness Lilian von Brabant

3. 

   Christopher Lee

   Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

4. 

   Carl Lange

   Anathol

5. 

   Christiane Rücker

   Babette

6. 

   Vladimir Medar

   Pater Fabian

7. 

   Dieter Eppler

   Coachman

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2024-12-29

**_Basically, Germany’s version of “The Pit and the Pendulum”_**

In the 1700s, a count in Bavaria (Christopher Lee) is drawn-and-quartered for murdering twelve virgins in his castle. Thirty-five years later, a nobleman seeking insights on his past (Lex Barker) is invited to the infamous citadel and, on the way, meets up with a striking baroness with a curiously similar goal (Karin Dor).

“The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism” (1967), aka “Blood Demon,” was called “The Snakepit and the Pendulum” in German (translated). It’s a mixture of Corman’s Poe-inspired flicks from ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• snake
• descendant
• pit
• revitalization
• surrealism
• count
• torture chamber
• back from the dead
• ancient evil