Baron von Sepper is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard, and his appetite for beautiful wives. His latest spouse, an American beauty named Anne, discovers a vault in his castle that's filled with the frozen bodies of several beautiful women.
Acting
Burton's operatic villainy—he's doing Shakespeare in a slasher
Costume
Every wife gets a death outfit more fabulous than the last
Direction
Dmytryk's last film: a noir legend ends on frozen femme fatales
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Edward Dmytryk's final film—the Hollywood Ten director who named names ended his career with exploitation horror.
Burton filmed this during his divorce from Elizabeth Taylor; his blue-bearded wife-killer feels like uncomfortable therapy.
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