La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla tomba (1971)

A wealthy pervert lures beautiful young women to his castle so he can have his way with them.

Director:

Emilio Miraglia

Writers:

Fabio Pittorru (story), Massimo Felisatti (story),

Stars:

Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Erika Blanc

Cast

Cast overview:
Anthony Steffen	...	Lord Alan Cunningham
Marina Malfatti	...	Gladys Cunningham
Erika Blanc	...	Susie
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Dr. Richard Timberlane
Enzo Tarascio	...	George Harriman (as Rod Murdock)
Umberto Raho	...	Farley
Roberto Maldera	...	Albert
Joan C. Davis	...	Aunt Agatha
Ettore Bevilacqua	...	Il custode del cimitero
Maria Teresa Tofano	...	Polly
Brizio Montinaro
Paola Natale

Storyline

A wealthy English lord is suffering a mental breakdown following the death of his red-headed wife, Evelyn, whom he feared was cheating on him. He tours local bars and dives, scouring for lovely red-heads willing to come back to his decaying castle in the country, where he seduces them, then tortures and kills them. His friend the doctor talks him into marrying again to help heal his slowly-rotting mind, which he does--but are the doctor's orders really what he needs?

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Plot Keywords:

castle | pervert | nudity | sadist | sword fight | 

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Taglines:

The worms are waiting.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

18 August 1971 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Night She Arose from the Tomb

Company Credits

Production Co:

Phoenix Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min 88 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Is known to have 9 different edited versions to exist of the film with an English language track. Some of these are re-ordered so bad as to be completely incoherent story wise.

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Goofs

When Alan is using a torch in the tomb, the motion of the light from the torch does not match the motion of the torch, indicating that the light was supplemented by an off-camera light.

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Connections

References Diabolique (1955)

User Reviews

Evelyn Should Have Stayed Buried!

Italian horror/suspense film about a wealthy English lord who cruises pubs and taverns for girls with red hair just like his recently deceased wife Evelyn. You know he must have really loved his wife, because he brings them to his home - a huge, rotting castle - and makes them disrobe and then tortures them, whips them, and kills them. The most bizarre aspect of this film for me was that somehow by the film's end, we see this guy played by Antonio De Teffe as the HERO of the film. Anyway, soon, under the advice of his playboy uncle Roberto Maldera, De Teffe settles down with a girl he meets at his uncle's party. She moves in and strange things begin to happen to De Teffe's fragile state of mind. He begins to see and hear his dead wife and finally, well, just look at the title if you are still curious. Also, family members and friends begin to die in the most brutal fashions. Poor Aunt Agatha(she looks like she might even be younger than De Teffe and they have her in a wheelchair and trying to look old) meets her fate in a foxy fashion. Another man is injected and then buried alive. And of course, there is a whole explanation as to why/how Evelyn did what she did. Director Emilio Miraglia does do some things fairly well: the settings in the film are well-suited for this film though trying to make us believe it is England is ludicrous at best. None of the actors look English. Many having dark black hair and Mediterranean complexions and wearing clothes an Englishman wouldn't be caught dead in. The cars drive on their wrong side of the road. But all that notwithstanding, the crypt scene was effectively shot and I liked the cheesy resolution too. And of course any film with the sultry, red-headed Erika Blanc is always a plus. There is a streak of sexual perversion; however, which I found somewhat appalling with the idea that torturing women was quite alright and healthy in order to relieve one of his mental demons. C'mon.