

The Castle of the Living Dead
How much shock can the human brain endure before it cracks?
Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- funeral
- mummy
- castle
- gothic horror
- raven
- embalming
- midget
- strongman
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France, Italy
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical5 Aug 1964
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG5 Aug 1964
GreeceGR
- PremierePanorama of European Cinema18 Nov 2013
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The Castle of the Living Dead was released on 5 August 1964.
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2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
12/2/2024
At first sight, this looks remarkably humdrum, but it's a bit better than that. Christopher Lee's outwardly benign "Count Drago" invites a travelling troupe of performers to stay and perform at his castle. Before long, things start going drastically wrong for them. All humankind is reflected in this film - we have a witch, a dwarf, a deaf mute and lots of creatures that look like the product of the taxidermist's art …
- W7/10
Wuchak
4/23/2025
**_Beware if a creepy man says, “Stay with Daddy forever”_** In areas north of Rome, 1815, a traveling troupe is offered a lucrative gig at the colossal castle of the strange Count Drago (Christopher Lee). Horror ensues. An Italian/French production, “The Castle of the Living Dead” (1964) is similar to Roger Corman’s Poe-inspired flicks, such as “The Terror” from the previous year and the contemporaneous “The T…
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