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Director:
Massimo Pupillo
Writers:
Romano Migliorini (story)
Roberto Natale (story)
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Release Date:
28 November 1965 (Italy) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
He was a homicidal maniac who LIVED TO KILL!
Plot:
A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle to shoot some sexy covers for horror novels... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Mickey Hargitay ... Travis Anderson
Walter Brandi ... Rick (as Walter Brandt)
Luisa Baratto ... Edith (as Louise Barret)
Rita Klein ... Nancy
Alfredo Rizzo ... Daniel Parks (as Alfred Rice)
Barbara Nelli ... Suzy (as Barbara Nelly)
Moa Tahi ... Kinojo
Femi Benussi ... Annie (as Femi Martin)
Ralph Zucker ... Dermott - The photographer
Nando Angelini ... Perry (as Nik Angel)
Albert Gordon
Gino Turini (as John Turner)
Roberto Messina (as Robert Messenger)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Tale of Torture
Bloody Pit of Horror (USA)
Crimson Executioner
Il castello di Artena
Some Virgins for the Hangman
The Castle of Artena
The Red Hangman (USA) (promotional title)
The Scarlet Executioner
The Scarlet Hangman
Virgins for the Hangman
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Runtime:
87 min | USA:74 min (cut version)
Country:
Italy | USA
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:(Banned) (1967) | USA:Unrated

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Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: On this fifth day of December in the year of our Lord sixteen hundred and forty-eight, by the power vested in us by our noble sovereign, this tribunal of Artena sentences you, the Crimson Executioner, to death. You will die by one of the very instruments you devised to torture and kill your innocent victims...
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Featured in Twisted Sex Vol. 15 (1996) (V) more

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deranged bodybuilder horror for the gay s&m crowd, 20 December 2002
Author: teptime from fabulous Las Vega$!

Mickey Hargitay is a sadistic monster, torturing the castmembers while flexing and posing and spouting crack-up lines about the perfection of his physique. Tries for atmosphere at points, but this is rock bottom crud of the most enjoyable kind. Best line: "You, oh! You're an EGOTIST!" See it.

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