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61% Critic Match
Baron Blood
“He sought the ultimate in HUMAN AGONY... with instruments of TORTURE ghastly beyond belief!”
6.1 / 10• 1972• 1h 38m•PG• Italian
Horror
Storyline
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
Cast & Crew
Joseph Cotten
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Lead
Elke Sommer
Eva Arnold
Massimo Girotti
Dr. Karl Hummel
Antonio Cantafora
Peter Kleist
Umberto Raho
Inspector
Luciano Pigozzi
Fritz
Nicoletta Elmi
Gretchen Hummel
DT
Dieter Tressler
Mayor Dortmundt
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mario Bava's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Baron Blood is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
