Warner Bros.
Directed by Riccardo Freda
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
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A respected surgeon in 19th century London spends his time at home administering an anesthetic to his wife and having sex with her, an act with which she gleefully indulges him. However, it gets out of hand and she dies, or at least he thinks so, since we see her wake up in the coffin as it is being buried. Years later, the doctor is married once again to a young, ravishing Barbara Steele. She is tormented by a mysterious figure in white who haunts their mansion. Meanwhile, the good doctor is up to his old tricks. She falls in love with his assistant, and together they discover the truth. Colorful Italian Gothic film combines Mario Bava with Poe-cycle Corman, but never quite reaches the heights of either.
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