Storyline

Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive! Strange things then start to happen in the Medina castle.

Plot Keywords

murder, torture, gothic horror, conspiracy, 1500s, based on short story, b movie, cult film, buried alive, bondage, bound and gagged, torture device, boy, suit of armor, costume horror, torture chamber, castle, flashback, cult, title spoken by character

Short Review

Roger Corman is legendary as a B-movie producer, but his less-heralded gifts as a director are displayed in this 1961 entry in his series of fantasia on themes from Edgar Allan Poe, staged with an elegance that belies the low budget and lurid content.

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