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Night of the Damned

Night of the Damned

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 10, 1971

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Horror

User Score

60%

Original Title

La notte dei dannati

Production Companies

Primax

Director

Filippo Walter Ratti

Description

Jean Duprey and his wife Danielle are famous journalists with a special interest in unsolved mysteries. They receive a request of help by an old noble friend of Jean, Guillaume de Saint Lambert, who is about to die by an unknown illness. He lives, obviously, in ancient castle with his wife and the servants. Soon Duprey discover that his friend's wife is a witch (originally burnt in the 18th century) and that Guillaume is under her wicked influence. She practices the art of black magic and by making die slowly all members of the Saint Lambert family she gains eternal beauty. When Duprey breaks the marble casket containing the ashes of the witch she shows her real aspect before dying.