It's been about 13 years since I saw this and my opinion has changed a bit. I enjoyed this a bit more than when I first saw it, but it is a little lacking in pace.
The movie opens on a strong note as two young women decide to explore a mysterious castle, only to be trapped in the torture chamber and tortured to death by a deformed madman.
You never see any of the torture on screen, which in my opinion is a big mistake. However the main part of the tale revolves around a young woman who believes she is the reincarnation of a dead countess.
A bumbling policeman and a reporter join the woman and there are a few more murders as well as attacks on people within the castle. Why is this taking place?
The answers are all revealed when the young women, Anna Darnell ( Annie Alberti) is taken to the torture chamber by the same deformed madman we saw at the beginning of the movie. It's up to the above mentioned reporter, George Dickson (Marco Mariani) and a swami named Raman (Antonio Boccaci) to rescue her and clear up the mystery.
This is the Italian language version of the movie with English subtitles and one short sequence in English. This is a movie that has been largely forgotten by Euro horror fans, and that is a shame.
It may not be the greatest movie, but I have seen much worse.
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