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According to Valerii, the script was written in three days, while Gastaldi stated that it was written in 24 hours. Gastaldi has also claimed that he lied to a producer that they had a script ready, and then returned home to pen the script to return to the producer with the following day.
La cripta e l'incubo (original title) Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit o...
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Terror in the Crypt. NEW. Count Karnstein (Christopher Lee) seeks expert advice about his daughter (Adriana Ambesi), fearing she's a reincarnated witch. Prime Video.
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- Camillo Mastrocinque
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- Christopher Lee
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Terror in the Crypt (Italian: La cripta e l’incubo) is a 1964 Italian-Spanish horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. The film is based on the 1872 novel Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
•Directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
•Screenplay by Tonino Valerii, Ernesto Gastaldi
•Based on Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
•Produced by Marco Mariani
•Starring:
•Christopher Lee
Terror in the Crypt is based on Sheridan Le Fanu's novel Carmilla. It is the third adaptation of the novel, following Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr and Roger Vadim's Blood and Roses.
According to Tonino Valerii, the script was written in three days, while Ernesto Gastaldi stated that it was written in 24 hours. Gastaldi has also claimed that he lied to a producer that they had a script ready, and then returned home to pen the script to return to the producer with the following day. The original title of the script was entitled La maledizione dei Karnstein (lit.: "The Curse of the Karnsteins").
Terror in the Crypt was released in Italy on May 27, 1964 where it was distributed by MEC. It grossed a total of 69.541 million Italian lire. Terror in the Crypt was released straight to television in the United States by AIP-TV as Crypt of the Vampire. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom as Crypt of Horror.
The film was released on DVD in 2012 by Retromedia/Image in the United States where it retains the title Crypt of the Vampire, while the credits in the film call it Terror in the Crypt.
In a contemporary review, an anonymous reviewer in the Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as "occasionally quite atmospheric" and having an "effective climax". The review concluded that the rest of the film was "slow and static, indifferently acted and directed, and poorly dubbed."
•Terror in the Crypt has been released on DVD. The DVD releases all appear to be out of print.
•Terror in the Crypt is currently available to stream on Tubi and FreeVee (Prime Video channel), free w/ ads.
Terror in the Crypt (Italian: La cripta e l’incubo) is a 1964 Italian-Spanish horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque.
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Terror in the Crypt is a 1964 Italian-Spanish horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. The screenplay was by Tonino Valerii and Ernesto Gastaldi, based on the 1872 novel Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
