Musings of an Inkd Geek

First up on tonight’s double feature was 1972’s Baron Blood, a horror flick from famed Italian director Mario Bava. I’ve seen a few of his flicks, including Black Sunday, Black Sabbath and Twitch of the Death Nerve aka Bay Of Blood, and have enjoyed them all. This one is about a man named Peter who comes to Austria to attend the auction of the castle of his ancestor, the infamous Baron Otto Von Kleist, or Baron Blood, as the local villagers call him. It seems he was a cruel sadist who murdered and tortured hundreds of villagers, until he was killed by a witch who cursed him. Peter is fascinated by the old tales of his ancestor, and meets up with his uncle Karl and a student named Eva (Elke Sommer) to discuss the castle’s history, as well as the legend of the Baron. Peter has 2 old documents that contain the witch’s evocation to both resurrect the Baron from the dead, and send him back. He convinces Eva to go to the castle with him try invoking the spell. Unfortunately for them, it work...