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Product Description NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO DIE… In the final film of his early '60s European period, Christopher Lee stars as a 19th century Count who invites a theatrical troupe for a weekend of horrors that boasts an enthusiastically creepy performance by Lee, startling locations in Lazio, Italy's Orsini-Odescalchi Castle and 'Park of the Monsters', second-unit direction by Michael Reeves (WITCHFINDER GENERAL) and the screen debut of Donald Sutherland as both a doofus gendarme and a hunchbacked hag. Philippe Leroy (THE NIGHT PORTER) and Jacques Stany (VIOLENCE IN A WOMEN'S PRISON) co-star in this 1964 French-Italian co-production from American producer Paul Maslansky - who would go on to produce DEATH LINE and the POLICE ACADEMY movies - and fellow expat writer/director Warren Kiefer - after whom Sutherland would name his son - now scanned in 4K from the Italian negative for the first time ever for this 1080p Blu-ray release. SPECIAL FEATURES: Audio Commentary with Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson & Film Writer Troy Howarth Audio Commentary with Film Writer Kat Ellinger From the Castle to the Academy - Career Interview with Master Producer Paul Maslansky The Castle of the Mystery Man - Mavericks of Italian Cinema Author Roberto Curti on Writer/Director Warren Kiefer Review Required viewing for fans of Christopher Lee and Italian horror... Its fascinating backstory and the debut of an unknown Donald Sutherland have combined to keep its cult status going for nearly 50 years. --Good Efficient Butchery Worth a look for the performances alone... Lee is excellent as always, and a young Donald Sutherland is obviously having a blast. --The Video Vacuum Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Castle Of The Living Dead (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

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A timid American soldier is forced to impersonate a British general as part of a wartime deception plan.