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An evil Chinese mastermind plots to freeze the Earth's oceans.An evil Chinese mastermind plots to freeze the Earth's oceans.An evil Chinese mastermind plots to freeze the Earth's oceans.
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2.9/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Jaime Jesús Balcázar(dialogue: Spanish version)
- Manfred Barthel(screenplay)
- Michael Haller(uncredited in English version)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Jaime Jesús Balcázar(dialogue: Spanish version)
- Manfred Barthel(screenplay)
- Michael Haller(uncredited in English version)
- Stars
José Manuel Martín
- Omar Pashuas Omar Pashu
- (as Jose Manuel Martin)
Werner Abrolat
- Melnikas Melnik
- (as Werner Aprelat)
Stanley Baker
- Running Manas Running Man
- (archive footage)
Dirk Bogarde
- Running Manas Running Man
- (archive footage)
Mike Brendel
- Pascha's Gunmanas Pascha's Gunman
- (uncredited)
David de Keyser
- Omar Pasha and othersas Omar Pasha and others
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jesús Franco
- Inspector Ahmetas Inspector Ahmet
- (uncredited)
Herbert Fux
- Governeras Governer
- (uncredited)
Osvaldo Genazzani
- Sir Robertas Sir Robert
- (uncredited)
Burt Kwouk
- Fengas Feng
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Jaime Jesús Balcázar(dialogue: Spanish version)
- Manfred Barthel(screenplay) (story)
- Michael Haller(uncredited in English version) (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAll of the footage at the beginning featuring a large ocean liner striking an iceberg and sinking is stock footage from the British Titanic movie A Night to Remember (1958).
- GoofsIn scenes that were supposed to have taken place in Turkey in the 1920s, characters are shown wearing the fez, the wearing of which Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk banned (because of its connections with feudalism) in the 1920s.
- Quotes
Fu Manchu: The entrance to eternity. Beyond that door there is a tunnel which leads directly to the sea. Cisterns of water are poised above it. The touch of a lever will release hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into that tunnel, and combined with professor Heracles' crystals this can transform the entire sea into one gigantic block of ice.
- Crazy creditsMaria Perschy's character is called Dr. Ingrid Koch but on the credits her character's name is given as Marie.
- Alternate versionsAs usual in 'Jesus Franco' movies, the credits of the film contain different (and often incongruous with each other) info in every country's version. While the English version lists Peter Welbeck (nom-de-plum for Harry Alan Towers) as the author of the screenplay, the Spanish version (with a credits sequence that replaces the exterior shots of the castle from the original with a cheesy drawing of a red dragon) lists Manfred Barthel as the author of the story and screenplay, and Jaime Jesús Balcázar as the author of the dialogue. This version also credits some actors (such as Gustavo Re and Osvaldo Genazzani) and crew members not credited in the English version, and the cast order is different as well.
- ConnectionsEdited from Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
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Pathetic!!!
I cannot believe how bad this movie is!! I should have expected it coming from Jess Franco, the schlockmaster of Eurotrash but I wasn't even prepared for the intense pain that this film caused. What in the hell was Christopher Lee thinking? Granted, he has been in some bombs but this has got to be the very bottom of the barrel. Richard Greene had pretty much become a has-been when this film was made but,unless he was desperate for money, he should have known better. I often wonder how actors can hold their heads up after appearing in films of this caliber....it must be absolutely humiliating.
The faults of "Castle" are just too numerous to mention but a few of them go something like this: they were obviously having power failures during filming since the shots are either totally dark or green; the actors can't act (even Lee is bad here) and the badly written dialogue often doesn't match the "action"; the fight scenes involving overweight, over age Greene are embarrasing to watch: the premise of the story (freezing the oceans or whatever they were attempting to do)is feeble; and then there is the "doorway to eternity" which leads to the front porch! Huh?
So......if you are looking for a movie so bad that it is good, this is not the one. Watch "Plan 9 From Outer Space" for those kinds of laughs. "Castle" is harmful to small children and animanls and should be avoided at all costs.....even if you are a Chrisopher Lee fan.
The faults of "Castle" are just too numerous to mention but a few of them go something like this: they were obviously having power failures during filming since the shots are either totally dark or green; the actors can't act (even Lee is bad here) and the badly written dialogue often doesn't match the "action"; the fight scenes involving overweight, over age Greene are embarrasing to watch: the premise of the story (freezing the oceans or whatever they were attempting to do)is feeble; and then there is the "doorway to eternity" which leads to the front porch! Huh?
So......if you are looking for a movie so bad that it is good, this is not the one. Watch "Plan 9 From Outer Space" for those kinds of laughs. "Castle" is harmful to small children and animanls and should be avoided at all costs.....even if you are a Chrisopher Lee fan.
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- Nov 24, 2003
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- Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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