The Blood Demon

The Blood Demon
The Blood Demon
	German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Screenplay by	Manfred R. Köhler
Based on	The Pit and the Pendulum; by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by	Erwin Gitt
Starring	Christopher Lee; Karin Dor; Lex Barker; Carl Lange; Vladimir Medar; Christiane Rücker; Dieter Eppler;
Cinematography	Ernst W. Kalinke; Dieter Liphardt;
Edited by	Hermann Haller
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production; company	Constantin Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film (West Germany); Hemisphere Pictures (US);
Release dates	5 October 1967 (West Germany); 21 May 1969 (United States);
Running time	81 minutes
Country	West Germany
Languages	English; German;

The Blood Demon (Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel in West Germany), also known as The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism, The Snake Pit and the Pendulum, Blood of the Virgins, ^[4] and Castle of the Walking Dead, is a 1967 West German horror film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Christopher Lee, Karin Dor, and Lex Barker.^[5]^[6]

The film, written by Manfred R. Köhler, is based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and concerns the saga of Count Regula (Lee) who, after being drawn and quartered for murdering 12 virgin maidens, returns to life seeking revenge.^[7]

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Rolf Zehetbauer.

^ Peter Cowie (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.
^ Cite error: The named reference TV Guide was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "BLOOD DEMON (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 October 1969. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
^ Barb Karg; Arjean Spaite (17 December 2008). The Everything Vampire Book: From Vlad the Impaler to the Vampire Lestat - A History of Vampires in Literature, Film, and Legend. Everything Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4405-0169-2.
^ David Bleiler (8 April 2014). TLA Video & DVD Guide 2005: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide. St. Martin's Press. pp. 3175–3176. ISBN 978-1-4668-6782-6.
^ Dawn B. Sova (1 January 2007). Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. Infobase Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-4381-0842-1.
^ Fred Olen Ray (1 January 1991). The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors. McFarland. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-89950-628-9.

[Cowie1977-1] Peter Cowie (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.

[TV_Guide-2] Cite error: The named reference TV Guide was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "BLOOD DEMON (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 October 1969. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

[KargSpaite2008-4] Barb Karg; Arjean Spaite (17 December 2008). The Everything Vampire Book: From Vlad the Impaler to the Vampire Lestat - A History of Vampires in Literature, Film, and Legend. Everything Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4405-0169-2.

[Bleiler2014-5] David Bleiler (8 April 2014). TLA Video & DVD Guide 2005: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide. St. Martin's Press. pp. 3175–3176. ISBN 978-1-4668-6782-6.

[Sova2007-6] Dawn B. Sova (1 January 2007). Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. Infobase Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-4381-0842-1.

[Ray1991-7] Fred Olen Ray (1 January 1991). The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors. McFarland. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-89950-628-9.

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