The film's script by Gianni Grimaldi and Bruno Corbucci is promoted as being based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, but actually only borrows elements from the short stories "The Fall of the House of Usher", "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" and "Some Words with a Mummy".
Emilie De Blancheville returns to her family's castle and finds drastic changes: her brother Roderic is now in charge of the estate; the servants have all died and been replaced by new staff members, who are cold and unfamiliar; and her father, Count Blancheville, has been horribly disfigured and now lives secluded in one of the castle's isolated towers.
The Count believes the Blanchevilles are under a family curse, which can only be lifted if Emilie dies before her 21st birthday, five days away.
[1][4] The film was shot at Monastery of Santa Maria La Real de Valdeiglesias in Spain and at Cinecittà in Rome.
It was last released by Retro Media on November 19, 2013 as a part of its 50th Anniversary Edgar Allan Poe's Horror Pack.