Gianna Maria Canale
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion. This Italian vampire tale stars Gianna Maria Canale as an ancient, sultry bloodsucker who, much like real-life kinswoman Countess Bathory, can only maintain her youthful appearance through the regular consumption of a serum derived from virgins' blood.
- Riccardo Freda
The journalist Pierre Lantin (Dario Michaelis) begins to investigate, and becomes more involved when his fiancee, the dancer Nora Duval is kidnapped. As Inspector Chantal (Carlo D’Angelo) examines the crime scene, Lantin arrives predicting that the crime was committed by The Vampire.
The Devil's Commandment. A French journalist ties drained corpses to a mad doctor's plot to give a countess (Gianna Maria Canale) eternal youth.
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- Robert Davidson
- Horror
Directed by Riccardo Freda. The mad scientist who killed for fun! Beautiful girls were victims of his evil mind! A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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- Athena Cinematografica, Titanus
- Riccardo Freda
Its horror is science-fictional and psychosexual, rather than supernatural, and more importantly, it invests almost as much energy in establishing motivations and tying up loose ends as the whole following decade’s corpus of Italian fright films put together. There’s a killer on the loose in Paris.
The Devil's Commandment Reviews. A pretty fine little movie it is, with drop-dead gorgeous black and white CinemaScope photography. Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 27, 2009....
1957 Horror. 1h 25min. Original lang: Italian. The Devil's Commandment (1957) directed by Riccardo Freda. Movie information, genre, rating, running time, photos, trailer, synopsis and user reviews.
