The thing about people in movies: they're stupid. Like Peter in Baron Blood.He's along with Elke Sommer (in the early seventies) in an Austrian castle, and what does he want to do? Read an incantation in his ancestor's torture chamber.
Stupid right?
I mean, of ALL the things one could get involved with Elke Sommer (in the early seventies), incantations would be the last thing on the list.
But they do read it, and bring the old guy back from the dead- hungry for blood.
It's a... vivid movie. Very seventies Euro horror, which makes sense, considering it's directed by Mario Bava, one of the Italian masters of horror- I saw his Planet of Blood back in January, and I'm glad to say I enjoyed this one more.
Planet seemed to be all about style, and since it was set in outer space, it was filmed largely on a soundstage, while Baron Blood has style and a greater visual depth, thanks to it being filmed on location in Austria.
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