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Release Date:
December 20, 1972
Original Title:
Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea
Alternate Titles:
From the Secret Police Files of a European Capital
Tragic Experience at Villa Alexander
Trágica ceremonia en la Villa Alexander
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
Produzioni Internazionali Associate (PIA)
Televisión y Cine S.A. (TECISA)
Production Countries:
Italy | Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 83
After a peaceful sailboat ride, four young people, including rich kid Bill, Joe, Fred and Jane, knock on the door of a secluded villa after their dune buggy runs out of gas. Earlier in the day, Bill had given the lovely Jane a pearl necklace with a supposedly paranormal history, and this later opens up a can of worms. They are invited to spend the night at the mansion, owned by Lord Alexander and Lady Alexander, who happen to be hosting a strange ceremony that night attended by a group of eccentrics in black robes. During the evening, Jane exits her sleep chamber, seemingly in some kind of trance, and is lured to a sacrificial alter where the robed houseguests are hovering over her. As a knife is about to be plunged into the young lady, her three friends come to the rescue, but they are also witness to a chaotic mass murder catastrophe in which they flee with feelings of guilt and uncertainty.
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Assistant Camera:
José Luis Criado
Miguel Ángel Muñoz
Assistant Editor:
Felisa Rueda
Alba Di Salvo
Assistant Makeup Artist:
Luis Criado
Camera Operator:
Giorgio Di Battista
Teodoro Roa
Costumer:
Manolita Iglesias
Director:
Riccardo Freda
Director of Photography:
Francisco Fraile
Editor:
Jolanda Benvenuti
Hairstylist:
Ana Criado
Makeup Artist:
Renzo Francioni
Cristóbal Criado
Music:
Stelvio Cipriani
Producer:
José Gutiérrez Maesso
Production Manager:
Faustino Ocaña
Sergio Merolle
Screenplay:
Mario Bianchi
Leonardo Martín
José Gutiérrez Maesso
Set Decoration:
Rafael Ferri
Amedeo Mellone
Sound:
Eugenio Rondani
Special Effects:
Carlo Rambaldi
Still Photographer:
Miguel Guzmán
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