A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.
Production
That castle location is doing SO much heavy lifting.
Cinematography
Shadows so thick you could drown in them.
Director
Damiano Damiani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 1966, this rode the wave of Italian gothic horror pioneered by Bava, but with added psycho-sexual sophistication that critics often overlook.
Damiani later became a major political filmmaker; this early work already shows his fascination with how institutions (academia, religion, marriage) fail to contain human desire.
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