The Italian subgenres in horror are well-known and often well-loved, and for good reason. Italian gothic horror in particular is filled with creepy old castles, beautiful women, and dark secrets… perfect for a late night haunting.
 | Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga (1972)
Baron Blood (1972)A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life – searching for new victims. |
| La maschera del demonio (1960)
Black Sunday (1960)A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch’s beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl’s brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way. |
| I vampiri (1957)
Lust of the Vampire (1957)A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess. |
| Il mulino delle donne di pietra (1960)
Mill of the Stone Women (1960)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. |
 | A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance. Read on for the full horror story. |
| L’amante del demonio (1972)
The Devil’s Lover (1972)Creepy tale about a sorrowful night passed in a nightmarish castle, also the house of the demon. |
| L’orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (1962)
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)In 19th century London, a woman weds a doctor with necrophiliac tendencies, and whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances – and might be coming back from the grave to torment her successor. |
 | A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance. Read on for the full horror story. |
| La frusta e il corpo (1963)
The Whip and the Body (1963)The ghost of a sadistic nobleman terrorizes his family while attempting to rekindle his romance with his masochistic ex-lover, who is married to his brother. |
 | When two sisters inherit their family castle, a string of murders committed by a mysterious dark haired woman in a red cloak decimates their circle of friends. Read on for the full horror story. |
