Bloody Pit of Horror
Bloody Pit of Horror
| 28 November 1965 (USA)
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A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle for a photo shoot. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th-century executioner whose job it is to protect the castle against intruders.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Micransix Crappy film
ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Michael Ledo A group of people are looking for a castle for a calendar girl photo shoot. They find a castle occupied my a modern Marquis de Sade who must torture and kill sinners in unique ways."Bloody Pit of Horror" is the US cut version, 9 minutes shorter than the original, released under the title "A Tale of Torture." The cut scenes had to do with film quality ad not content. Body Builder Mickey Hargitay is in this film for the ladies and there are a lot of scantily clad women for the guys. Max, an older guy, walks in on the ladies while they are changing and doesn't brag about it to Howard Stern.Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.
Rainey Dawn I got this film in a 9-film collection called Horrorlicious. It's one of the so-bad-its-good films I found in the pack. The movie is not funny - it's actually on the creepy side in it's way but Mickey Hargitay as the crimson executioner is almost comical." A group of photographers and models go to an abandoned castle to shoot some pictures for a magazine. When they arrive they find a man who claims to be the owner of the place and his servant inside. The fake owner Travis finally says the group can stay and take some photos they find that Travis thinks he's the crimson executioner. When Travis puts on the clothing of the crimson executioner he becomes extremely violent, he tortures the group. Can any of them escape alive? I would give this film a 4 but because Mickey Hargitay gets me laughing as the crimsonexecutioner I will give the film an extra point.5/10
Wizard-8 When "Bloody Pit Of Horror" was first released, it generated some controversy due to some content being considered quite explicit. Seen today, viewers will probably wonder what all the fuss was about; the movie could be aired uncut on prime time network television. There's not a lot of blood on display, and there's nothing in the nudity and sex departments. Though despite the lack of explicit content, the movie is kind of fun to watch. Muscleman Mickey Hargitay (who doesn't look THAT muscular) manages to give a campy performance despite the dubbing of his voice, overacting with his body movements. Some of the torture/death sequences are fun, my favorite being the "spider" sequence. The movie doesn't overstay its welcome, and boasts some castle locations and sets that actually look impressive at times. This movie isn't a king camp classic, but if you are in a silly mood, it does provide some amusement.
tracyfigueira This movie has everything: beautiful women, great set design, garish color photography, cool music, and quite possibly the worse acting performance in history by the late great Mickey Hargitay, the legendary Hungarian body builder who was the husband of Jayne Mansfield and the father of Mariska Hargitay ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.") He plays a head case obsessed with the "harmony" of his "perfect body," and fears the "contamination" of "inferior beings," especially women. When a group of cover girls, their photographer, writer, editor, and crew break into his castle in Italy to take cover pictures for upcoming paperbacks, he assumes the persona of "The Crimson Executioner," a centuries old serial killer executed in 1648. The ensuing torture scenes are pretty intense, but there's little actual blood and gore. My favorite scene was the girl tied to the giant spider web. Although allegedly based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade, "Bloody Pit of Horror" is actually quite tame by the standards of today's torture porn and not to be confused with more graphic (and disturbing) efforts like Pasolini's "Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom." "Bloody Pit of Horror" is good if not exactly clean fun for lovers of cheesy horror, scantily clad models, and really bad acting. The production values are about par for an early "Doctor Who" episode, and the fight-scenes are straight out of the old "Batman" series. More proof that the Italians are the world's greatest purveyors of crap cinema.
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