# Castle Freak (1996)

> An estranged family’s inherited Italian castle becomes a grim maze of buried abuse, murderous secrets, and a deformed nocturnal inhabitant.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/10984

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Director: Stuart Gordon
- Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide, Massimo Sarchielli, Elisabeth Kaza, Luca Zingaretti, Helen Stirling
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112643/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: disturbing, bleak, foreboding, late night horror viewing, cult horror marathon

## Movies like Castle Freak

- [Castle of Blood (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/17460)
- [The Church (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/25633)
- [The House with Laughing Windows (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/39434)
- [From Beyond (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/8583)
- [The Keep (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/15589)
- [Haunted (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/11342)
- [The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/17431)
- [The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/31374)
- [The Resurrected (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/19070)
- [Two Evil Eyes (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/18205)

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