Castle Freak

Castle Freak

1995 · 95 min · EN · R · 6.2 (175 votes)
Dir. Stuart Gordon · Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide, Massimo Sarchielli, Elisabeth Kaza · Music Richard Band

Hideous. Hungry. And Loose.

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John has inherited a castle in Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle--an abused child left to die in the basement who has now become the castle freak and is out to wreak havoc.

VIBE

A grim, low-budget descent into familial trauma and monstrousness. It feels grimy and oppressive, with a sense of inevitable dread and visceral shocks lurking in the shadows of an inherited, cursed estate.

dread-soakedgoryunsettlingbleaksteadylow-budget horrorbody horrorgiallo-adjacenttraumamonstrosityfamilyinheritance
child abusemonsterhaunted housecastlesexual violenceinheritancecar accidentcannibaldeathestranged wifeblindnessvoyeurisminfanticideblind womandeath of a childlow budget
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