[go: up one dir, main page]

    Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsEmmysSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideToronto Int'l Film FestivalIMDb Stars to WatchSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

Le Vampire et le Sang des vierges

Original title: Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel
  • 1967
  • 13
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
3K
YOUR RATING
Le Vampire et le Sang des vierges (1967)
In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor in order to attain immortal life.
Play trailer1:40
1 Video
99+ Photos
Folk HorrorHorrorMystery

A resurrected count who killed 12 virgins for immortality hunts the daughter of his 13th intended victim and the son of the prosecutor who condemned him, seeking vengeance.A resurrected count who killed 12 virgins for immortality hunts the daughter of his 13th intended victim and the son of the prosecutor who condemned him, seeking vengeance.A resurrected count who killed 12 virgins for immortality hunts the daughter of his 13th intended victim and the son of the prosecutor who condemned him, seeking vengeance.

  • Director
    • Harald Reinl
  • Writers
    • Manfred R. Köhler
    • Edgar Allan Poe
  • Stars
    • Lex Barker
    • Karin Dor
    • Christopher Lee
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Harald Reinl
    • Writers
      • Manfred R. Köhler
      • Edgar Allan Poe
    • Stars
      • Lex Barker
      • Karin Dor
      • Christopher Lee
    • 69User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos1

    Original US Trailer
    Trailer 1:40
    Original US Trailer

    Photos144

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    + 137
    View Poster

    Top cast12

    Edit
    Lex Barker
    Lex Barker
    • Roger Mont Elise…
    Karin Dor
    Karin Dor
    • Baroness Lilian von Brabant
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Count Frederic Regula…
    Carl Lange
    Carl Lange
    • Anatol
    • (as Karl Lange)
    Christiane Rücker
    Christiane Rücker
    • Babette
    Vladimir Medar
    Vladimir Medar
    • Pater Fabian
    Dieter Eppler
    Dieter Eppler
    • Coachman
    Klaus W. Krause
    • Pater Fabian
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Franziska Liebing
    • Alte Frau die der Kutscher nach dem Weg fragt
    • (uncredited)
    Horst Naumann
    • Roger Mont Elise
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Bruno W. Pantel
    • Moritatensänger
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Herbert Weicker
    • Count Frederic Regula - Graf von Andomai
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Harald Reinl
    • Writers
      • Manfred R. Köhler
      • Edgar Allan Poe
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews69

    5.82.9K
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    Gafke

    Wow, where did this come from?

    What a cool-o little flick this is! Christopher Lee is Count Regula (say that name real fast and see what it sounds like) who, at films beginning, has a spiked mask nailed to his face and is then drawn and quartered in a public square for the torture/murders of 12 virgins. 35 years later, the daughter of the woman who turned him in and the son of the man who sentenced him, are brought to an eerie castle in the deep dark woods.

    There's a GREAT spooky carriage ride through the creepiest forest in the world, where dead-pale bodies hang from the branches. The castle looks pretty convincing; drippy stone walls lined with human skulls and draped with cobwebs, its corridors choked with vultures. There are pits filled with poisonous snakes and hairy spiders, skeletons everywhere. A pretty blond maid is nearly impaled on a board full of spikes and The Pit and The Pendulum is re-enacted, with all of the sweaty tension of the original tale. Christopher Lee looks wonderfully terrible - a shambling, blueish corpse with a nail-hole scarred face, absolutely void of emotion as he plots his revenge against our beautiful couple. There's a lot of tension here, lots of icky-yucky moments and a genuinely creepy atmosphere that seeps into every single frame. There's also a rare, non-saccharine and totally satisfying happy ending. Don't miss this one, it's really great!
    the lioness

    Unreal & surreal...

    Next to "The Whip and the Body", this has got to be Lee's weirdest movie.

    Lee plays Count Regula which is a very fitting name since he "regularly" frequents the local village & steals away young girls to his castle. He tortures them & uses their blood for his "life elixir". His final victim manages to escape to inform the local authorities and he is executed for his crimes (check out how its done). He manages to come back years later to exact his revenge on the descendants of his last victim & the judge/magistrate that sentenced him to death.

    Among the actors you've got to check out is the guy who portrays the Count's butler/servant. He's really wild. In some scenes, he actually steals the scenes from Lee!This guy takes the phrase "loyal servant" to a whole new level! If the average household of today had a madman like him in service, we'd all be in trouble!

    Lex Barker is the Count's adversary/good guy here. Sometimes Lex acts as if he's sleep-walking through his scenes. His voice also never seems to change its tone. The other performers are good.

    The locales are incredible. I believe this film was shot in Germany.Very beautiful & peaceful but don't be alarmed horror fans. You will love the scenery around the Count's castle. Can you picture a countryside littered with dead bodies everywhere? You will once you've seen this movie.

    For those of you that love a little ham in your horror, this one's for you! Its very hard to find in mainstream video stores so you may want to check the ones that cater to specialized genres. It will be worth the search.
    7BrentCarleton

    Visually stunning Teutonic Horror.

    It is fortuitous that this film has at last reached the light of day again, (via DVD) since it provides a welcome reminder of the type of Saturday matinée "scary" fare 1960s parents could safely drop the youngsters off to see--in some ways similar to 1962's "The Magic Sword."

    Boasting a very "Siegfried" style hero in Lex Barker, a particularly comely brunette heroine, and Christopher Lee at his most cadaverously malevolent, horror fans should not be disappointed in the regulation personalities. Nor will they be disappointed in the abundance of Gothic contrivances: snakes, skulls, potions, glass coffins, razor pendulums etc. etc. And to those with questions about the logic of the narrative, don't bother with them--the rapid fire pacing won't wait for you to find an answer anyway--if nothing else this film does move!

    Ultimately, however, it is in the visuals that this film most impresses. Production design and color are of a very high order indeed, ranking very favorably against Jack Asher and Mario Bava, and it is impossible to believe that the previous work of these two gentlemen is not deliberately evoked here.

    Much could be observed in this connection, but suffice it to say that rarely has a nocturnal forest been presented more balefully, with gnarled trees juxtaposed against an ultramarine sky.

    Even more in its favor is the effective use of a medieval Bavarian town, whose quaint architecture seems right out of E.T.A. Hoffmann. Here is an example of location shooting that counts for something! Overall, although the credits credit Edgar Allan Poe as the basis of the story, the piece feels altogether more like a "penny-dreadful" hybrid pastiche of the aforementioned Hoffmann and Ludwig Tieck.

    Highly recommended for admirers of the genre.
    7sherlock-34

    A Corman Type Poe Flick meets Bava in Germany!

    Recently viewed this little gem as "The Torture Chamber of Dr. sadism". Originally released in the US and UK as "The Blood Demon", while it's German title was "Die Schlangengrube und Das Pendel". An odd film that seemed to be a sort of German take on a mixture of Bava with one of Corman's AIP Poe efforts.

    Count Regula (Christopher Lee) is drawn and quartered for the death of 12 maidens, but swears his revenge. 35 years later a disparate group ends up at the Counts ruined castle. The 4 travelers are Baroness Lillian (Karin Dor of Bond fame), her maid Babette, Roger (Lex Barker, former Tarzan and a huge star in Germany) and the monk Fabian (a hilarious turn from Vladimir Medar). As it turns out, Roger and the Baroness are the descendants of the folks that originally put the Count to death and he wants revenge. The crazed servant Anatol lures them to the castle and reanimates the Count. The Poe elements then come into play as Roger faces a deadly pendulum and Lillian is faced with a pit full of snakes. Do they foil the reanimated Count or meet their doom? Check this fun film out to see for yourself!

    I expected this to be a really bad film, but was very surprised to find that I enjoyed it tremendously. Christopher Lee's performance is all menace, but with just a smattering of black humour to keep things moving. Lex Barker, more than a decade after playing Tarzan, looks great and is a perfect heroic figure. Karin Dor is lovely and does a fair bit of over the top shrieking, but still manages to give a convincing performance. This was a whole lot of fun! A bit of dark humour, Grimm's fairytale mixed with a Mario Bava sensibility and a little Poe thrown in for good measure makes for a superior European horror flick. Hopefully a nicer print will turn up or a DVD release, as the Magnum Entertainment video that I viewed was murky, faded and very badly edited.
    edge-16

    A Surreal Masterpiece!

    This is an unknown surreal little masterpiece of horror! Borrowing loosely from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulem", director Reinl does a masterful job of pacing and fills the screen with surreal and spine tingling images. There is atmosphere a plenty throughout the film and a sense of uneasiness. The set pieces and costumes are beautiful and are enhanced by the color filming of the movie. Christopher Lee is the rejuvenated Count Regula out to destroy the last member of one of the families that put him to death. Karin Dor is the last female member of one of the families and her blood will give the count what he needs for his "life exlixer". A fun and atmospheric movie that one can watch over and over again. Just beware the heavily cut video rental version and try to find the complete print.

    More like this

    La crypte du vampire
    5.8
    La crypte du vampire
    Le Corps et le Fouet
    6.6
    Le Corps et le Fouet
    Le château des morts vivants
    5.7
    Le château des morts vivants
    Sangre de vírgenes
    4.7
    Sangre de vírgenes
    Le Cirque des vampires
    6.3
    Le Cirque des vampires
    La Maison ensorcelée
    5.5
    La Maison ensorcelée
    La nuit des diables
    6.5
    La nuit des diables
    Le manoir des fantasmes
    5.8
    Le manoir des fantasmes
    La Fille de Jack l'Éventreur
    6.2
    La Fille de Jack l'Éventreur
    Je suis un monstre
    5.7
    Je suis un monstre
    Un ange pour Satan
    6.4
    Un ange pour Satan
    Les Deux Visages du Dr Jekyll
    6.3
    Les Deux Visages du Dr Jekyll

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      The original German title, "Die Schlangengrube und das Pendal", translates to "The Snakepit and the Pendulum".
    • Goofs
      When the Iron Maiden mask is applied to Regula's face and he is seen being led through the hallways there is no blood visible on him. There are about 15 or 16 spikes visible in the mask. Facial wounds bleed very much.
    • Quotes

      Count Frederic Regula: The blood is the life.

    • Alternate versions
      Severin Films (Blu-ray) has a running time of 83:17 min and is the most complete version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Movie Macabre: The Torture Chamber of Dr Sadism (1983)

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ13

    • How long is The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism?Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • March 5, 1969 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Vampire - La malédiction du château d'Andomai
    • Filming locations
      • Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production company
      • Constantin Film
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      • 1h 24m(84 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.