A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched mansion shots that Mario Bava would steal.
Acting
Barbara Steele: one glance = entire monologue of sin.
Costume
Nightgowns so billowy they deserve their own credit.
Director
Riccardo Freda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Riccardo Freda famously ghost-directed Bava's Black Sunday; this is him proving he could do Steele's eyes justice himself.
The film's 'ghost' deliberately blurs supernatural and psychological horror—a trick Hitchcock perfected, but Italians made more atmospheric.
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