Before Black Sabbath, before The Whip and The Body, director Giorgio Ferroni (The Lion of Thebes, Blood for a Silver Dollar) introduced audiences to period horror Italian-style with his chilling 1960 shocker Mill of the Stone Women - a classic tale of terror redolent with the atmosphere of vintage Hammer Horror. Young art student Hans von Arnam (Pierre Brice, Night of the Damned) arrives by barge at an old mill to write a monograph about its celebrated sculptures of women in the throes of death and torture, maintained and curated by the mill's owner, the hermetic Professor Wahl (Herbert Bohme, Secret of the Red Orchid). But when Hans encounters the professor's beautiful and mysterious daughter Elfi (Scilla Gabel, Modesty Blaise), his own fate becomes inexorably bound up with hers, and with the shocking secret that lies at the heart of the so-called Mill of the Stone Women. The first Italian horror film to be shot in colour, Mill of the Stone Women prefigured a raft of other spaghetti nightmares, including the work of maestros Mario Bava and Dario Argento.
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 96 minutes
- Original Language:
- Italian
- Extras:
- Language(s): Italian, English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1 - 1.66:1, Mono, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Tim Lucas (author)., Documentaries: 'Turned to Stone'., Image Gallery, Interviews: Wolfgang Preiss (actor)., Italian and English export versions included; Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais; German opening titles; Rare opening titles from the UK releases, re-titled 'Drops of Blood'; 'Mill of the Stone Women & The Gothic Body': Visual essay by Kat Ellinger (author/critic)., Trailers
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