The Whip and the Body (1963)
With Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Ida Galli, Tony Kendall, Jacques Herlin, Luciano Pigozzi, Gustavo De Nardo, Carolyn De Fonseca
Directed by Mario Bava, Ernesto Gastaldi
The Whip and the Body (Italian: La frusta e il corpo) is a 1963 gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava under the alias "John M. Old". The film is about Kurt Menliff (Christopher Lee) who is ostracized by his father for his relationship with a servant girl and her eventual suicide. He later returns to reclaim his title and his former fiancée Nevenka (Daliah Lavi) who is now his brother's wife. Menliff is later found murdered, but the locals believe his ghost has returned to haunt the castle for revenge.
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