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Mark Thompson Ashworth introduces "The Blancheville Monster"

2022 · 6 min · Documentary

Italian film devotee Mark Thompson Ashworth introduces "The Blancheville Monster", discussing the many borrowed Poe motifs, differences between the Italian and English dubs (one is technically set in Scotland, the other in France), and Gothic horror ‘touchstones.’ This video is included on the Arrow Video Blu-ray box set of "Gothic Fantastico - Four Italian Tales Of Terror".

Directed by Federico Caddeo

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