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30 August 1960 (Italy) more
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Why do warm-blooded beauties suddenly turn to stone?!
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Hans arrives in a town near Amsterdam to write a story on the reclusive sculptor, Professor Val, who... more | full synopsis
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Cast

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Pierre Brice ... Hans von Arnim
Scilla Gabel ... Elfie Wahl
Wolfgang Preiss ... Dr. Loren Bohlem
Dany Carrel ... Liselotte Kornheim (as Danny Carrell)
Herbert A.E. Böhme ... Prof. Gregorius Wahl (as Herbert Boehme)
Liana Orfei ... Annelore
Marco Guglielmi ... Ralf
Olga Solbelli ... Selma
Alberto Archetti ... Konrad
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Also Known As:
Drops of Blood
Horror of the Stone Women
Icon (USA) (video title)
Le Moulin des supplices (France)
Mill of the Stone Women (USA)
The Horrible Mill Women
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90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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A handsomely produced, fascinating exercise in celluloid fear, 17 July 2005
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Author: fertilecelluloid from Mountains of Madness

Beautifully directed and photographed European horror film that owes a debt to Franju's EYES WITHOUT A FACE.

An evocative, creepy score by Carlo Innocenzi helps director Giorgio Ferroni conjure a work of great atmosphere and intense drama.

As in EYES and Franco's ORLOFF, the subject is a fanatic obsessed with preserving the life of a dearly departed member of his family -- in this case, his daughter Elfi, played by the achingly beautiful and sensual Scilla Gabel.

The setting, a windmill outside Amsterdam, is a superb arena for the fantastic goings-on that provide frisson upon frisson of wonder and dread. The "stone women" of the title are frightening, fascinating figures of fear and are richly employed by Ferroni who demonstrates an acute talent for fantasy.

The superb opening sequence establishes a mood that never falters, and the exciting finale, with the Stone Women ablaze, is pure magic.

A handsomely produced gem.

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