Castle of Blood

Castle of Blood
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Franco Belotti
  • Walter Zarghetta[1]
Starring
CinematographyRiccardo Pallottini[1]
Edited byOtello Colangeli[1]
Music byRiz Ortolani[1]
Production
companies
  • Era Cinematografica
  • Leo Lax Films[1]
Distributed byGlobe International Film
Release dates
  • 27 February 1964 (1964-02-27) (Italy)
  • 14 April 1965 (1965-04-14) (France)
Running time
82 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]
Box office100.68 million

Castle of Blood (Italian: Danza Macabra) is a 1964 horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti and Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Barbara Steele, Arturo Dominici and Georges Rivière. The film was initially commissioned to director Sergio Corbucci, who had Gianni Grimaldi and Bruno Corbucci set to write the film. A scheduling conflict led to Corbucci's friend Margheriti being hired to complete the film. To avoid going over time, Corbucci was brought in to film one scene.

The film was released in Italy in 1964 and received low box office numbers which led to Margheriti remaking the film in colour as Web of the Spider (1971).

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Curti 2015, p. 109.