Castle Freak
1996 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 6.1 · 62% critics
A grieving family travels to an inherited Italian castle hoping for a fresh start, but the isolated estate hides a violent presence. As strange signs mount and no one agrees on what’s real, old wounds and buried history collide with a growing threat inside the walls.
Based on The Outsider
Also known as Stuart Gordon's Castle Freak
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-04-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (237 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, old-school Gothic horror with a slow-burn setup, family drama, and bursts of gore; Not for you if you hate grim stories, nudity, or slower pacing like The Pit and the Pendulum.
Pros: Gothic castle atmosphere; solid lead performances; tense slow build | Cons: uneven pacing; cheesy dialogue; predictable plot beats
Themes
- child abuse
- monster
- haunted house
- castle
- sexual violence
- inheritance
- car accident
- cannibal
- death
- estranged wife
- blindness
- voyeurism
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Jeffrey Combs
as John Reilly
Barbara Crampton
as Susan Reilly
Jonathan Fuller
as Giorgio
- JD
Jessica Dollarhide
as Rebecca Reilly
Massimo Sarchielli
as Giannetti
Elisabeth Kaza
as Agnese
Luca Zingaretti
as Forte
- HS
Helen Stirling
as Duchess D'Orsino
- AS
Alessandro Sebastian Satta
as JJ
Raffaella Offidani
as Sylvana
Directed by Stuart Gordon