The Whip and the Body

The Whip and the Body

1963 · 87 min · IT · 6.4 (165 votes)
Dir. Mario Bava · Starring Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli, Harriet Medin, Gustavo De Nardo · Music Carlo Rustichelli

“Evil horror!!!”

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Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.

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A suffocating atmosphere of dread and repressed desire permeates this gothic tale. It’s a slow, deliberate descent into the dark heart of a family haunted by its own cruelties and twisted passions.

gothicoppressivesensualdisturbingslow-burngiallo precursorarthouse horroratmosphericbaroquefamily traumaforbidden desirepower dynamicsguilt
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sibling relationshipsadomasochismfamily secretssexual sadismhaunted by the pasthaunted castleisolated placefather son relationship
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