Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic. Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendulum. She guested on various British television shows including the spy drama Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. In 2010, she was a guest star in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Night Whispers. In 2010, actor-writer Mark Gatiss interviewed Steele about her role in Black Sunday (1960) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 5.726
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1937-12-29
  • Place of Birth : Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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Barbara Steele Movies

  • 1963
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    8.158 1963 HD

    Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a...

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  • 1997
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    Hollywood Rated 'R'

    Hollywood Rated 'R'

    5.1 1997 HD

    A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach...

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  • 1978
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    Piranha

    Piranha

    5.94 1978 HD

    When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

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  • 1959
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    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    6.2 1959 HD

    In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

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  • 1978
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    Pretty Baby

    Pretty Baby

    7 1978 HD

    Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her...

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  • 1960
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    Black Sunday

    Black Sunday

    7.4 1960 HD

    A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the...

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  • 1975
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    Shivers

    Shivers

    6.4 1975 HD

    When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's...

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  • 1968
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    Curse of the Crimson Altar

    Curse of the Crimson Altar

    5.3 1968 HD

    When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming -...

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  • 1979
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    Silent Scream

    Silent Scream

    5.761 1979 HD

    Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic,...

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  • 1998
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    The Capitol Conspiracy

    The Capitol Conspiracy

    4.6 1998 HD

    Martial arts star Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action/suspense story. A child is recruited to take part in a secret government experiment...

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  • 1964
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    Castle of Blood

    Castle of Blood

    7 1964 HD

    When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead...

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  • 1963
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    The Ghost

    The Ghost

    6 1963 HD

    A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if...

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  • 1962
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    The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

    The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

    5.9 1962 HD

    The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and...

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  • 1965
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    Terror-Creatures from the Grave

    Terror-Creatures from the Grave

    5.8 1965 HD

    An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was...

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  • 1959
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    Sapphire

    Sapphire

    7 1959 HD

    Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of...

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  • 1966
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    Young Törless

    Young Törless

    6.6 1966 HD

    At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing...

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  • 1974
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    Caged Heat

    Caged Heat

    4.9 1974 HD

    A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's...

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  • 1978
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    The Key Is in the Door

    The Key Is in the Door

    4.7 1978 HD

    Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague...

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  • 1964
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    The Monocle's Sour Laugh

    The Monocle's Sour Laugh

    5.3 1964 HD

    A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier.

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  • 1964
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    The Long Hair of Death

    The Long Hair of Death

    6.4 1964 HD

    In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution...

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  • 2000
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    The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

    6.9 2000 HD

    An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

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  • 2012
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    The Butterfly Room

    The Butterfly Room

    5.9 2012 HD

    A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly...

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  • 1966
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    The She Beast

    The She Beast

    5 1966 HD

    A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an...

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  • 1958
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    Houseboat

    Houseboat

    6.4 1958 HD

    An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

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  • 2014
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    Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

    Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

    6.6 2014 HD

    The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which...

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  • 1958
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    Bachelor of Hearts

    Bachelor of Hearts

    5.6 1958 HD

    A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.

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  • 1959
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    Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

    5.2 1959 HD

    On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by....

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  • 1963
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    A Sentimental Attempt

    A Sentimental Attempt

    6.5 1963 HD

    Carla and Dino, both in a matrimonail crisis, fall in love. But life will not help this love story.

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  • 1969
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    Honeymoon with a Stranger

    Honeymoon with a Stranger

    6.5 1969 HD

    While on honeymoon with her husband in Spain, a woman wakes up one morning to find he has disappeared. After reporting it to the police, a man shows...

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  • 1963
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    The Hours of Love

    The Hours of Love

    5 1963 HD

    Gianni and Marietta get along wonderfully as lovers, but not as a couple. Despite being married, they agree to become lovers again.

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  • 2014
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    Behind the Swinging Blade

    Behind the Swinging Blade

    1 2014 HD

    Filmed exclusively for Arrow Video in 2013, this documentary looks at the making of The Pit and the Pendulum and features producer and director Roger...

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  • 2021
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    Fellinopolis

    Fellinopolis

    6.8 2021 HD

    Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his...

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  • 1959
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    The Heart of a Man

    The Heart of a Man

    1 1959 HD

    Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...

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  • 1970
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    Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

    Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

    1 1970 HD

    The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful career trajectory as a ground breaking female...

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  • 1981
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    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    6.4 1981 HD

    The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which...

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  • 1964
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    White Voices

    White Voices

    5 1964 HD

    In 17th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.

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  • 1964
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    Easy Love

    Easy Love

    2 1964 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Shutterbug Man

    The Shutterbug Man

    6.3 2014 HD

    The Shutterbug Man tells the tale of a very twisted man, whose only passion in life is taking pictures. This passion takes him to terrible and wicked...

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  • 2015
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    The Mill at Calder's End

    The Mill at Calder's End

    6.5 2015 HD

    In the remote village of Calder's End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his...

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  • 2015
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    Lost River

    Lost River

    5.767 2015 HD

    Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town....

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  • 1960
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    Your Money or Your Wife

    Your Money or Your Wife

    4 1960 HD

    A domestic comedy about a couple who take in boarders to pay the rent on their large house.

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  • 1964
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    Les baisers

    Les baisers

    1 1964 HD

    A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already well known directors with a commercial draw, allowed five new young...

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  • 1978
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    The Space-Watch Murders

    The Space-Watch Murders

    1 1978 HD

    A spaceship lands safely on a distant planet but all on-board have been slain except for one female crew member.

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  • 2023
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    Ulalume - A Ballad

    Ulalume - A Ballad

    1 2023 HD

    Dreamlike animation brings Poe’s unforgettable poem to life, with desolate, macabre, and volcanic imagery.

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  • 1970
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    Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

    Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

    5.5 1970 HD

    This lysergically madcap Italian flick largely eschews any traditional plot. The most noticeable thread involves ventriloquist Ricky becoming a TV...

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  • 2016
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    Minutes Past Midnight

    Minutes Past Midnight

    4.8 2016 HD

    As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. Demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the...

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  • 1962
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    The Iron Captain

    The Iron Captain

    1 1962 HD

    After his village is burned down, Captain Furio sets out for revenge.

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  • 1991
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    Fear in the Dark

    Fear in the Dark

    10 1991 HD

    A short documentary on the history of the horror film narrated by Christopher Lee.

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  • 1965
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    Money

    Money

    1 1965 HD

    On the theme "money is the driving force that drives man to commit follies to conquer them", this film presents a series of episodes.

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  • 1994
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    Deep Above

    Deep Above

    1 1994 HD

    In the 16th century, young men put themselves in great danger to look for mysterious crystals in a tunnel in the Styrian Erzberg. Some of them never...

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  • 1965
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    Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

    5 1965 HD

    Short film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.

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  • 1967
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    Barbara and Her Furs

    Barbara and Her Furs

    1 1967 HD

    Short film for the french TV program "Dim Dam Dom". A love letter to Barbara Steele and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.

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  • 1964
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    Three for a Robbery

    Three for a Robbery

    1 1964 HD

    Gerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In agreement with Nicola, Mario and Hans, they...

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  • 2014
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    Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

    Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

    5.5 2014 HD

    "Parasite Memories" is a brand new retrospective piece on the film produced by High Rising Productions with lively contribution from effects artist...

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  • 1961
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    The Pit and the Pendulum

    The Pit and the Pendulum

    6.9 1961 HD

    In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son...

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  • 1966
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    For Love and Gold

    For Love and Gold

    7.7 1966 HD

    A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a...

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  • 2019
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    Master of Dark Shadows

    Master of Dark Shadows

    9 2019 HD

    Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes...

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  • 2009
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    Barbara Steele in Conversation

    Barbara Steele in Conversation

    1 2009 HD

    A documentary revolving around an extended interview with Barbara Steele, in which she recounts the many facets of her career.

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  • 2013
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    House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

    House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

    1 2013 HD

    Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax".

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  • 1965
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    Nightmare Castle

    Nightmare Castle

    5.3 1965 HD

    A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count...

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  • 1966
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    An Angel for Satan

    An Angel for Satan

    6.3 1966 HD

    At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious...

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  • 2008
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    The Boneyard Collection

    The Boneyard Collection

    5.4 2008 HD

    A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock...

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  • 1964
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    The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

    5 1964 HD

    An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

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  • 1970
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    Ciao, Federico!

    Ciao, Federico!

    6.6 1970 HD

    A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."

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  • 2016
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    The Phantom

    The Phantom

    6.6 2016 HD

    An enigmatic stranger, a couple who no longer exist, danger in the shadows and the key to it all - The new Ford Edge. Mads Mikkelsen and screen...

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  • 2003
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    Italian Kings Of B

    Italian Kings Of B

    6 2003 HD

    Documentary on Italian genre cinema.

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  • 2004
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    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    6 2004 HD

    Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 2017
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    Castlevania

    Castlevania

    8.267 2017 HD

    A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand...

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  • 1959
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    Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

    5.7 1959 HD

    Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as...

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  • 1991
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    Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

    7.6 1991 HD

    Dark Shadows is a primetime television series which aired on NBC from January to March 1991. A re-imagining of the 1966–1971 ABC daytime gothic...

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  • 1988
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    War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

    8 1988 HD

    War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of...

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  • 1970
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    Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

    7.8 1970 HD

    Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the...

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  • 2010
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    A History of Horror

    A History of Horror

    7.5 2010 HD

    Mark Gatiss examines the history of the horror film, from classic Hollywood monsters to Hammer's glory days and beyond.

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  • 2009
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    Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

    7.3 2009 HD

    Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour...

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  • 1965
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    Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1970
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    Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

    8 1970 HD

    War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of...

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