Directed by Harald Reinl
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Legend House)
A loose adaptation of Poe's Pit and the Pendulum, ex-Tarzan Lex Barker travels to a remote castle in search of his identity. Instead he finds an undead servant and his master Christopher Lee recently revived from the dead himself. They need Barker's companion Karin Dor, or more precisely her blood, to complete their transformation to the living. Barker, Dor and friends navigate surreal forests with body parts embedded in trees and labyrinthine catacombs leading to medieval torture chambers in an effort to escape the diabolical Lee. It's not quite as good as it sounds, narrative and plot are secondary, but it's still quite an atmospheric romp in medieval Germany. The Legend House print is OK, but this needs a complete restoration to bring out the original set design.
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