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Mill of the Stone Women

Why do warm-blooded beauties suddenly turn to stone?!

6.1(86)19601h 35m2

Hans von Arnam travels to a Flemish village to study a strange carousel located in an old windmill that displays famous murderesses and other notorious women from history. Professor Gregorius Wahl, owner of the windmill, warns Hans to stay away from his mysterious daughter Elfi, in order to keep Hans from discovering the horrible secret shared by the Professor and Elfi's Doctor.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Italian
  • windmill
  • carousel
  • wax museum
  • descent into madness
  • atmospheric
  • blood transfusion
  • sculptor
  • mummified bodies
  • human taxidermy

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical23 Jan 1963
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Jun 1963
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereFantasia International Film Festival14 Aug 2021
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical28 Apr 1966
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical5 Sept 1962
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical23 Mar 1962
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical30 Aug 1960
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical19 Jul 1963
  • SpainES

    • Theatricalre-release4 Feb 1974
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical11 Sept 1967

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Mill of the Stone Women was released on 30 August 1960.

Audience reviews

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    JPV852

    12/4/2021

    7/10

    Pretty weird Italian horror film that reminded me a bit of Frankenstein. Not great and I kind of lost interest halfway through but it does pick up in the finale and all in all found it to be entertaining enough. 3.5/5

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    Wuchak

    9/4/2023

    7/10

    **_What’s going on inside the spooky old windmill?_** In 1890’s Holland, a writer (Pierre Brice) visits a mill where a reclusive sculptor lives (Herbert Böhme). One of the attractions is the artist’s odd carrousel that displays ghastly statues of women. Then there’s his striking daughter (Scilla Gabel) whom he won’t allow out of the mill for some reason. What’s going on? Wolfgang Preiss is on hand as the sculptor’…

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    Dr Nostromo

    10/18/2025

    6/10

    65/100 A man doing research on a Professor's macabre carousel of historical figures, stumbles into a terrible secret concerning the Prof's daughter. This early horror film is definitely a product of its time with completely rote acting and dialog and our protagonist providing lots of padding through his confusion and hallucinatory wanderings. However, there's some very interesting stuff here as it became more intr…

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