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On this day in 1960 (in Italy), the deadly shenanigans of a small town artist and some missing women were on full display with the theatrical release of Mill Of The Stone Women. Written (in part) and directed by Giorgio Ferroni, the Fantasy/Horror starred Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"In 19th century Holland, a professor of fine arts and an unlicensed surgeon run a secret lab where the professor's ill daughter receives blood-transfusions from kidnapped female victims who posthumously become macabre art."
ExtraExtra Alert:
In 2021, I had the good fortune of receiving a complimentary Blu-ray of an all-new restoration for Mill Of The Stone Women. Interested in knowing what I thought? My review of the film can be found right here.
-- EZ
From Google.com:
Mill of the Stone Women is a 1960 Italian Gothic horror film by director Giorgio Ferroni, notable for being Italy's first color horror film, which predates other famous Spaghetti horror. The film follows an art student who becomes entangled in the dark secret of a recluse sculptor and his mysterious daughter at an old mill, where the artist's grotesque "stone women" are actually petrified human corpses sustained by blood transfusions, according to YouTube and Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb.
Plot Summary
Key Aspects
On this day in 1960 (in Italy), the deadly shenanigans of a small town artist and some missing women were on full display with the theatrical release of Mill Of The Stone Women. Written (in part) and directed by Giorgio Ferroni, the Fantasy/Horror starred Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"In 19th century Holland, a professor of fine arts and an unlicensed surgeon run a secret lab where the professor's ill daughter receives blood-transfusions from kidnapped female victims who posthumously become macabre art."
ExtraExtra Alert:
In 2021, I had the good fortune of receiving a complimentary Blu-ray of an all-new restoration for Mill Of The Stone Women. Interested in knowing what I thought? My review of the film can be found right here.
-- EZ
From Google.com:
Mill of the Stone Women is a 1960 Italian Gothic horror film by director Giorgio Ferroni, notable for being Italy's first color horror film, which predates other famous Spaghetti horror. The film follows an art student who becomes entangled in the dark secret of a recluse sculptor and his mysterious daughter at an old mill, where the artist's grotesque "stone women" are actually petrified human corpses sustained by blood transfusions, according to YouTube and Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb.
Plot Summary
- An art student, Hans, travels to Holland to write about the sculptures of women at a peculiar windmill.
- He meets the beautiful and reclusive daughter of the sculptor, Elfi, and becomes captivated by her and the mill's eerie collection of statues.
- Hans discovers the horrifying truth: the "stone women" are petrified corpses of young women, kept in a state of preserved life through blood transfusions by the professor and his doctor.
Key Aspects
- Color:
The film was the first Italian horror movie shot in color, giving it a distinctive visual style, says YouTube and Arrow Player. - Gothic Atmosphere:
The film features a decaying mill filled with macabre statues, shadowy family secrets, and a secluded, ill relative. - Influence:
Its theme of a mad scientist preserving a loved one at the expense of others is seen in other horror films and has been linked to the work of Mario Bava and Dario Argento. - Themes:
The film explores themes of misogyny, the nature of art, and the line between life and death. - Exoticism:
The film's supposed foreign origins and the made-up author were part of a marketing tactic to attract audiences to a mysterious and taboo story, according to Tapatalk.
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