In the mid-1500s, a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hundred years later, the tree she was chained to and burned still stands with no one daring to destroy it. The curse remains by forcing women to commit suicide. The witch's descendant, Martha Gunt, is sentenced to be burned for witchcraft.
As she is placed in a prison cell, Maciste comes forth to fight evil. When he uproots the cursed tree, he finds an entrance to Hell where he attempts to track down the original witch to rescind her curse and attempts to help the damned from their plight.
The Castellana caves which still serve as a tourist attraction, were used for the underground scenes.[3] The sequences set in the Hell were entirely filmed in the Castellana Caves, in the province of Bari.[4]Maciste, the leading character, was turned during the filming into an almost mute character as Freda was very unhappy with the acting skills of the main actor Kirk Morris.[4] The film is referred as "an interpretation of mythology cum the gothic horror genre".[5]
Releaseedit
The Witch's Curse was released in Italy on April 11, 1962.[1] It grossed a total of 277 million Italian lire domestically in Italy.[1]
witch, curse, italian, maciste, inferno, maciste, hell, 1962, italian, peplum, fantasy, film, directed, riccardo, freda, directed, byriccardo, fredascreenplay, byoreste, biancoli, piero, pierotti, story, byennio, concini, produced, byermanno, donati, luigi, ca. The Witch s Curse Italian Maciste all inferno lit Maciste in Hell 2 is a 1962 Italian peplum fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda The Witch s CurseDirected byRiccardo FredaScreenplay byOreste Biancoli Piero Pierotti 1 Story byEnnio De Concini 1 Produced byErmanno Donati Luigi Carpentieri 1 StarringKirk Morris Helene Chanel Vira Silenti Andrea Bosic Charles Fernley FawcettCinematographyRiccardo Pallottini 1 Edited byOrnella Micheli 1 Music byCarlo Franci 1 ProductioncompanyPanda Cinematografica 1 Distributed byRegionalRelease date11 April 1962 1962 04 11 Italy Running time91 minutes 1 CountryItaly 1 Box office 277 million Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 References 5 1 Footnotes 5 2 Sources 6 External linksPlot editIn the mid 1500s a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies One hundred years later the tree she was chained to and burned still stands with no one daring to destroy it The curse remains by forcing women to commit suicide The witch s descendant Martha Gunt is sentenced to be burned for witchcraft As she is placed in a prison cell Maciste comes forth to fight evil When he uproots the cursed tree he finds an entrance to Hell where he attempts to track down the original witch to rescind her curse and attempts to help the damned from their plight Cast editKirk Morris as Maciste Helene Chanel as Fania Vira Silenti as Martha Gaunt Andrea Bosic as Judge Parrish Charles Fernley Fawcett as the Doctor Remo De Angelis as Prometheus John Karlsen Gina Mascetti Puccio CeccarelliProduction editThe Castellana caves which still serve as a tourist attraction were used for the underground scenes 3 The sequences set in the Hell were entirely filmed in the Castellana Caves in the province of Bari 4 Maciste the leading character was turned during the filming into an almost mute character as Freda was very unhappy with the acting skills of the main actor Kirk Morris 4 The film is referred as an interpretation of mythology cum the gothic horror genre 5 Release editThe Witch s Curse was released in Italy on April 11 1962 1 It grossed a total of 277 million Italian lire domestically in Italy 1 References editFootnotes edit a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2017 p 318 Louis Paul 8 June 2015 Italian Horror Film Directors McFarland amp Co Inc ISBN 978 0786487493 Hughes 2011 p 11 a b Paolo Mereghetti Il Mereghetti dizionario dei film 2002 Baldini amp Castoldi 2001 ISBN 8884900875 Louis Paul 2011 Italian Horror Film Directors McFarland amp Co Inc ISBN 9780786461134 Sources edit Curti Roberto 2017 Riccardo Freda The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker McFarland ISBN 978 1476628387 Hughes Howard 2011 Cinema Italiano The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult London New York I B Tauris ISBN 978 1 84885 608 0 Paul Louis 2005 Italian Horror Film Directors McFarland ISBN 978 0 7864 8749 3 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maciste all inferno The Witch s Curse at IMDb nbsp The Witch s Curse at Rotten Tomatoes Maciste all inferno 1962 on YouTube nbsp This article related to an Italian film of the 1960s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a fantasy film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Witch 27s Curse amp oldid 1194355377, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
