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''The Blood Demon'' or ''Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel'', also known as ''The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism'', ''The Snake Pit and the Pendulum'', and ''Castle of the Walking Dead'', is a 1967 German horror film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Christopher Lee, Karin Dor, and Lex Barker. The plot is based on the short story ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' by Edgar Allan Poe and concerns the saga of Count Regula, played by Christopher Lee, who, after being drawn and quartered for murdering twelve maidens, returns to life seeking revenge. The film was advertised in Rhode Island newspapers as ''Crimson Demon'' due to a practice at the time of deleting the word "Blood" from film titles.〔 ==Plot== The plot chronology is set in the 18th century and the probable story location is Germany.〔 Baroness Lilian von Brabant and her lawyer Roger Mont Elise receive an invitation to the Blood Castle, in Sander Valley, where a large inheritance is awaiting the baroness. Both decide to go; the Baroness because of the inheritance and Roger seeing a chance to get more information regarding his birth.〔 Upon arriving at the valley, they meet the monk Fabian with a proclivity for profanities who offers to assist them in finding their way to the castle, the place where, forty years ago, Count Regula had murdered twelve maidens, in an attempt to use their blood to achieve immortality.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://movies.tvguide.com/the-blood-demon/cast/115742 )〕〔 However he was one maiden short of his goal,〔 and he was drawn, quartered and beheaded for his crime.〔 As he was dying, the Count threatened revenge against those responsible for his death. On their way to the castle, passing through a dead forest full of corpses, with human limbs and torsos hanging from the dead tree branches,〔 they get attacked by mysterious hooded creatures riding horses who try to abduct the women. Despite Roger's successful efforts to protect the Baroness and her maid Babette from the creatures, the two women mysteriously vanish. Fabian, who is revealed to be a robber rather than a monk, is so terrified by the unexplained disappearance of the women that he offers to help Roger find them. The two men finally locate the women locked in an iron chamber at Blood Castle, although they get caught before they can rescue them.〔〔 After their capture, the Count's evil, green-blooded,〔 servant Anatol informs the two men that he is planning to bring the Count back to life after forty years.〔 Anatol, using his own green blood, finally achieves his goal of reviving the Count.〔 Following his resurrection, the Count appears to the prisoners wearing an iron mask, informing the men that he needs the blood of maiden number thirteen to achieve his goal of immortality. The maiden is revealed to be the Baroness.〔 After the pronouncements by the Count, the prisoners make an escape attempt but they are unsuccessful. As punishment, the baroness is locked into a snake and spider pit where she loses her sanity. Roger, imprisoned in a pit with a pendulum, manages to overcome the odds and survive. He also recovers the diamond-encrusted cross of the Baroness, which he uses to destroy the Count and Anatol, finally succeeding in freeing the prisoners. The Baroness recovers and falls into Roger's embrace while Fabian leaves the crumbling castle with Babette.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Blood Demon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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