

A whip-wielding monk killer in a German castle—Edgar Wallace's pulp fever dream finally unleashed.
A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.
Cinematography
Expressionist shadows that eat the castle whole
Costume
That hooded monk robe—simple, iconic, deeply silly
Score
Peter Thomas jazz blaring over corpses

Director
Harald Reinl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Germany's 'krimi' craze—dozens of lurid Wallace adaptations dominated 1960s European cinema, influencing giallo directors like Argento.
Karin Dor was Bond-adjacent (You Only Live Twice) and her presence here was studio cross-promotion—she's also in five other Wallace films.
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