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5.9/10   153 votes
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Director:
Jorge Grau
Writers:
Sandro Continenza (writer)
Jorge Grau (screenplay)
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Release Date:
October 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Schooled in Carnage and Blood She Butchered 610 Nubile Virgins! more
Plot:
The ageing Countess discovers that the blood of a maid can temporarily restore her youth and great beauty... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Dark, unjustly neglected import deserves revival. more (12 total)

Cast

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Lucia Bosé ... Erzsebet Bathory
Espartaco Santoni ... Karl Ziemmer
Ewa Aulin ... Marina Schneider
Ana Farra ... Housekeeper
Silvano Tranquilli ... Doctor
Lola Gaos ... Carmilla
Enrique Vivó ... Mayor
María Vico ... Maria Plojovitz
Ángel Menéndez ... Magistrate
Adolfo Thous ... Judge
Ismael García Romen ... Captain
Raquel Ortuño ... Irina
María Dolores Tovar ... Sandra (as Dolores Tovar)
Franca Grey ... Nadja
Ghika ... Inge
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Legend of Blood Castle (USA) (DVD title)
Blood Castle (video title)
Bloody Ceremony
Countess Dracula
Le vergini cavalcano la morte (Italy)
The Bloody Countess
The Female Butcher
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Runtime:
102 min | Spain:88 min
Country:
Spain | Italy
Language:
Spanish | English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Madrid, Spain more
Company:
Luis Film more

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Referenced in Películas para no dormir: Cuento de navidad (2005) (TV) more

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Dark, unjustly neglected import deserves revival., 7 November 2006
Author: bukakkefriedchicken from fabulous Las Vega$!

When a vain countess is accidentally splattered with droplets of her nubile female servant's blood, she notices a definite youthful change in the appearance of her skin where the blood had been...thus begins the horror of THE FEMALE BUTCHER, and it's not just another tawdry Liz Bathory retelling with the usual vampire goings-on. This one is a great looking Gothic horror mini-classic, one which takes its premise quite seriously and presents its characters believably...and still manages to create atmosphere and induce chills with the best of them.

Subtle, perhaps overly so(this might be my sole criticism), this is still surely one worth seeking out for any horror fan...pity, it can be rather difficult to obtain in an uncut version.

Marvelous direction, and superbly acted by the entire cast...by all means a solid 7.5/10

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