Amanti d'oltretomba (1965)

Director:

Mario Caiano

Writers:

Mario Caiano (story) &
Fabio De Agostini (story)

Release Date:

5 July 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A mad, sadistic scientist on the loose!

Plot:

A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.

Plot Keywords:

Heart | Murder | Revenge | Nightmare | Ghost

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Barbara Steele	...	Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Paul Muller	...	Dr. Stephen Arrowsmith (as Paul Miller)
Helga Liné	...	Solange
Laurence Clift	...	Dr. Dereck Joyce (as Lawrence Clift)
Giuseppe Addobbati	...	Jonathan (as John McDouglas)
Rik Battaglia	...	David

Also Known As:

Lovers Beyond the Tomb
Lovers from Beyond the Tomb
Night of the Doomed (UK)
Nightmare Castle (USA)
Orgasmo
The Faceless Monster

Runtime:

UK:101 min | USA:90 min | Italy:104 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (re-rating) (2005) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1998-2005) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Unrated | Australia:M

Company:

Cinematografica Emmeci

Trivia:

Director Mario Caiano initially wanted to highlight the gory scenes with red color. The idea was dropped due to budget limitations.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 6 (1999) (V)

The ultimate Barbara Steele movie!

All right, the writing is something to be desired, but this movie is so richly photographed and the great '60's Scream Queen Barbara Steele is so alluring that it hardly matters. This movie uses Steele to full advantage, and even casts the sultry, sinister star in a dual role, much like Mario Bava's classic BLACK SUNDAY. Babs stars as a faithless wife who, along with her lover, is tortured to death by her vengeful-husband. However, her hubby finds that this may not have been the great revenge he thought it would be because his wife left her inheritance to her mentally unbalanced sister(Steele again, this time in a blonde wig). Of course, being the sadistic, money-hungry, conniving little swine that he is, he decides to marry his sister-in-law, and drive her to complete hysteria so he can commit her to the local loony bin and claim the family fortune for himself. Naturally, things don't go exactly as planned, but I won't give the rest of this weird little gem away. Shown in the US in a severely cut version that is so butchered, it's hardly worth watching. The original full-length European version is rare, but definitely worth seeking out.