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| Credits | |
| Title: | Castle Freak |
| Directed by: | Stuart Gordon |
| Written by: | Dennis Paoli |
| Produced by: | Albert Band; Charles Band; Maurizio Maggi; Michael J. Mahoney |
| Music by: | Richard Band |
| Cinematography: | Mario Vulpiani |
| Edited by: | Bert Glatstein |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Full Moon Entertainment Kushner-Locke Company |
| Released: | November 14th, 1995 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 90 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Castle Freak is an American independent low-budget film of the horror genre. It was directed by Stuart Gordon with a screenplay written by Dennis Paoli. It is based on the short story "The Outsider" by H.P. Lovecraft. It was produced by Full Moon Entertainment and released direct-to-video on November 14th, 1995. The movie stars Jeffrey Combs as John Reilly, with Barbara Crampton as his wife Susan, and Jessica Dollarhide as his blind daughter, Rebecca. Jonathan Fuller stars in the movie as Giorgio - the hideously deformed "castle freak", from which the movie takes its name.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Combs | John Reilly |
| Barbara Crampton | Susan Reilly |
| Jonathan Fuller | Giorgio |
| Jessica Dollarhide | Rebecca Reilly |
| Massimo Sarchielli | Giannetti |
| Elisabeth Kaza | Agnese |
| Luca Zingaretti | Forte |
| Helen Stirling | Duchess D'Orsino |
| Alessandro Sebastian Satta | JJ |
| Raffaella Offidani | Sylvana |
| Marco Stefanelli | Benedetti |
| Tunny Piras | Grimaldi |
| Rolando Cortegiani | Tonio |
| Carolyn Gordon | Gelato People |
| Suzanna Gordon | Gelato People |
| Jillian Gordon | Gelato People |
| Margaret Gordon | Gelato People |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is "Hideous... hungry... and loose!"
- This film is loosely inspired by "The Outsider", which is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. The story was written in 1921 and first published in the April, 1926 edition of Weird Tales.
- Production on Castle Freak commenced in June, 1994. The entire movie was shot on-location in Umbria, Italy. [1]
- There are a total of seventeen credited cast members in this film.
- Actress Carolyn Purdy-Gordon is credited as Carolyn Gordon in this film.
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References[]
- ↑ IMDB; Castle Freak (1995); Filming and Production.
Keywords[]
Attempted rape | Cannibalism | Castle | Cats | Coffin | Dead animals | Disfigurement | Dreams | Dungeon | Eaten alive | Female topless nudity | Head injury | Italy | Kyphosis | Male frontal nudity | Mutilation | Nightmares | Prostitution | Self mutilation | Self sacrifice | Severed fingers | Shovel | Stabbings | Strangulation | Truck | Whip
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