Horror Castle (1963)
"La vergine di Norimberga" (original title)

Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.

Director:

Antonio Margheriti

Writers:

Frank Bogart (novel), Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay),

Stars:

Rossana Podestà, Georges Rivière, Christopher Lee

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rossana Podestà	...	Mary Hunter
Georges Rivière	...	Max Hunter (as George Riviere)
Christopher Lee	...	Erich (as Cristopher Lee)
Jim Dolen	...	John Selby, FBI Agent
Anny Degli Uberti	...	Frau Marta
Luigi Severini	...	Doctor
Luciana Milone	...	Trude
Lucile Saint-Simon	...	Victim (as Lucile St. Simon)
Patrick Walton
Consalvo Dell'Arti
Peter Hardy
Rex Vidor
James Borden
Bredon Brett
Robert Mayor

Storyline

Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.

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Plot Keywords:

castle | murder | female nudity | operation | nazi | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

15 August 1963 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Horror Castle

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atlantica Cinematografica Produzione Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christopher Lee's voice was dubbed by another actor for the English-language version.

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Goofs

Although the movie is set in Germany, palm trees can be seen during the exterior shots and the geography and exterior architecture denotes the landscape that of southern Europe.

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Connections

Referenced in Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

User Reviews

Italian Gothic Horror - Margheriti's Best Film

LA VERGINE DI NORIMBERGA is one of those unforgettable classics in the Italian horror canon. The film benefits from beautiful color cinematography and art direction, a spooky castle dungeon filled with grim implements of torture, the sexy Rosanna Podesta running around, the handsome blond Georges Riviere (fresh from Margheriti's LA DANZA MACABRA), the towering presence of Christopher Lee as the family manservant bearing a scarred visage and finally Mirko Valentin as the crazed killer and family patriarch. The jazz score by Riz Ortolani is fantastic (it's available on CD) and one of his best ever. The film may be a bit slow by the standards of today's audiences but was a real chiller back in the mid-sixties when it came out. In my opinion it's the best of Antonio Margheriti's films because it's a bit more coherent and better scripted that most of the rest. Also a delight for Christopher Lee fans as this was during the most fertile period of his career.