TERROR CREATURES FROM THE
GRAVE-1965-Attorney Albert Kovac (Walter Brandi) visits the castle of
Jaromus Haup on behalf of his partner Joseph Morgan who received a
letter from Haup. At the castle Kovac meets Haup's second wife Cleo
(Barbara Steele) and Haup's daughter Corinne (Mirella Maravidi).
Kovac is informed by Cleo that her husband could not have written the
letter because he's been dead for a year! Kovac hangs around long
enough to fall in love with Corinne and investigate some murders with
a local doctor (Alfredo Rizzo). It seems all the witnesses to Haup's
death (he fell down the stairs) are dying in strange ways. It also
seems that Haup, who was dealing in the black arts and resurrection
of the dead, is still alive (they find his coffin empty) and that the
supernatural is involved. It's discovered Haup wants to bring back
the plague to kill his adversaries!
Although we never see any creatures, clocks tick,
hearts in jars pound and coffins open. Director Massimo Pupillo made
the much wackier BLOODY PIT OF HORROR the same year but this movie
doesn't credit him. He was unhappy with the final results so producer
Ralph Zucker is credited as director!
1965 was a busy year for Steele
who also made NIGHTMARE CASTLE, THE DOCTOR AND THE DEVIL, THE LONG
HAIR OF DEATH and an episode of TV's SECRET AGENT.
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