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The Black Castle (1952)

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Release Date: Dec 25, 1952 Wide

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Release Date: Dec 25, 1952 Wide

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Boris Karloff returns to his old Universal stamping grounds in the mild horror item Black Castle. The plot is motivated by a brace of 18th-century aristocrats, Beckett (Richard Greene) and Count Von Bruno (Stephen McNally). Invited to visit Von Bruno's castle in Austria, Beckett accepts, hoping in this way to prove that the count is responsible for the deaths of two of his friends. The sadistic Von Bruno toys with his guest, intending to subject Beckett to a horrible demise at the first

Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Sep 19, 2006

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This is a good fifties movie in more the style of the old gothic universal monster movies. Plus it has the actors from those movies too.

September 5, 2010
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AJ Verser

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Respectable production values and a good cast are plusses. The story didn?t always hold my interest though, but it did have a good atmosphere.

September 27, 2009
jam233
James Higgins

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