The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
This dreary Jess Franco film concerns an Austrian legend about a ghostly Baron who supposedly rises from the swamps and murders women. When real murders are discovered, the local police immediately suspect Baron Von Klaus's relative (Howard Vernon) who resides in a spooky old mansion on the edge of the swamp.
An early Franco Gothic which is downright boring during it's first two thirds, he clearly had no eye for atmosphere at this stage in his career and it's tedious in the extreme until the final reels which do improve but the journey to the finale is somewhat like sitting on the A2 for six hours trying to get to Dover.
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