Night of the Damned

Night of the Damned

90 mins | Horror | Sept. 10, 1971

Jean Duprey and his wife Danielle are famous journalists with a special interest in unsolved mysteries. They receive a request of help by an old noble friend of Jean, Guillaume de Saint Lambert, who is about to die by an unknown illness. He lives, obviously, in ancient castle with his wife and the servants. Soon Duprey discover that his friend's wife is a witch (originally burnt in the 18th century) and that Guillaume is under her wicked influence. She practices the art of black magic and by making die slowly all members of the Saint Lambert family she gains eternal beauty. When Duprey breaks the marble casket containing the ashes of the witch she shows her real aspect before dying.

Night of the Damned

90 mins | Horror | Sept. 10, 1971

Night of the Damned
Jean Duprey and his wife Danielle are famous journalists with a special interest in unsolved mysteries. They receive a request of help by an old noble friend of Jean, Guillaume de Saint Lambert, who is about to die by an unknown illness. He lives, obviously, in ancient castle with his wife and the servants. Soon Duprey discover that his friend's wife is a witch (originally burnt in the 18th century) and that Guillaume is under her wicked influence. She practices the art of black magic and by making die slowly all members of the Saint Lambert family she gains eternal beauty. When Duprey breaks the marble casket containing the ashes of the witch she shows her real aspect before dying.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Primax
Original title La notte dei dannati
Directors Filippo Walter Ratti
Writers Aldo Marcovecchio

Cast

Pierre Brice

as Jean Duprey

Patrizia Viotti

as Danielle Duprey

Angela De Leo

as Rita Lernod

Alessandro Tedeschi

as Prof. Berry

Mario Carra

as Guillaume de Saint Lambert