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Castle Freak

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Castle Freak (1995)

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Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Director Stuart Gordon delivers another chilling tale with CASTLE FREAK. A dysfunctional American family learns that they have inherited a 12th-century Italian castle and travels to visit it. As... Director Stuart Gordon delivers another chilling tale with CASTLE FREAK. A dysfunctional American family learns that they have inherited a 12th-century Italian castle and travels to visit it. As soon as they arrive, strange things start happening--bizarre noises come from deep within the castle, and objects turn up mysterously broken. The family's blind daughter begins telling stories of someone visiting her room at night. When two bodies are found in the dungeon savagely murdered, the family must unlock the castle's evil past in order to save themselves from a similar fate. Dispensing his usual 50/50 mix of horror and comedy, Gordon makes this an out-and-out horror film complete with monsters, old castles, and plenty of bumps in the night. Excellent writing and good performances give CASTLE FREAK depth and character development rarely found in horror films, making the scares all the more effective. [More]

Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide

Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide

Director: Stuart Gordon

Director: Stuart Gordon
Story: Charles Band, Stuart Gordon
Screenwriter: Dennis Paoli
Producer: Maurizio Maggi
Composer: Richard Band

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Dec 9, 1997

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Stefan Birgir Stefansson

A good Combs/Gordon effort.

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Dennis Schwartz

Not as freaky as it sounds.

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Scott Weinberg

Rarely do you see a film that combines graphic sex and cannibal gore to such grisly effect, and that may be a good thing, but it’s important to praise a movie for what it gets right.

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Ken Hanke

Very, very disappointing Stuart Gordon effort

comment Comment | Aug., 22 2002 12:08 PM

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