5 tombe per un medium (1965)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Massimo Pupillo

Writers:

Ruth Carter (adaptation)
Cesare Mancini (adaptation)

Release Date:

1967 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

They rise from dank coffins in the dead of night, murdering their victims in an orgy of slaughter!

Plot:

An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife...

Plot Keywords:

Plague | Black Magic | Medieval | Occult | Digit In Title

Cast

Walter Brandi	...	Albert Kovac
Mirella Maravidi	...	Corinne Hauff (as Marilyn Mitchell)
Barbara Steele	...	Cleo Hauff
Alfredo Rizzo	...	Dr. Nemek (as Alfred Rice)
Riccardo Garrone	...	Joseph Morgan (as Richard Garrett)
Luciano Pigozzi	...	Kurt, the servant (as Alan Collins)
Tilde Till	...	Louise, the maid
Ennio Balbo	...	Paralytic (as Edward Bell)
Steve Robinson
René Wolf

Also Known As:

Cemetery of the Living Dead
Cinque tombe per un medium
Coffin of Terror
Five Graves for a Medium
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Tombs of Horror

Runtime:

Italy:87 min | USA:85 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

G.I.A. Cinematografica

Trivia:

Director Massimo Pupillo wasn't satisfied with the final result of the film, and allowed the film's producer, Ralph Zucker, to take the director's credit instead even though Zucker hadn't directed any scenes. This has later led people to confuse Pupillo and Zucker for one another.

Barbara Steele Takes a Bath

"An attorney travels to his client's castle to conduct some business where he learns upon arriving the client died almost a year ago. The client's widow and daughter then tell the attorney an incredible tale of how the owner was able to revive the spirits of long-deceased plague victims and how his spirit roams the halls of the castle. Doubting their story, the attorney begins to reconsider when a rash of mysterious deaths occur at the castle," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.

Translated from Italy as "Terror-Creatures from the Grave", this disappointing slice of horror is most notable for the inclusion of the always delectable Barbara Steele (as Cleo Hauff) in its cast. She takes a bath, she screams, and she always livens up a mediocre movie. And, Luciano Pigozzi (as Kurt) is another wasted asset. Walter Brandi (as Albert Kovac) and Mirella Maravidi (as Corinne Hauff) play the more ordinary hero and heroine.

*** 5 tombe per un medium (1965) Massimo Pupillo ~ Walter Brandi, Mirella Maravidi, Barbara Steele