The Seventh Grave

The Seventh Grave
The Seventh Grave
Directed by	Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo
Screenplay by	Alessandro Santini; Antonio Casale; Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo;
Produced by	Felice Falvo; Arturo Giorni; Alessandro Santini;
Starring	Stefania Menchinelli; Nando Angelini; Armando Guarnieri; Bruna Baini;
Cinematography	Aldo Greci
Edited by	Mariano Arditi
Music by	Leopoldo Perez Bonsignore
Release date	18 August 1965 (Italy);
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Italy
Budget	₤40 million

The Seventh Grave (Italian: La settima tomba) is a 1965 Italian horror film directed by Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo.

Cast

Stefania Menchinelli as Katy
Nando Angelini as Elliot
Armando Guarnieri as Inspector Martin Wright/Sir Reginald Thorne
Bruna Baini as Mary Jenkins' lover
Antonio Casale as Jenkins
Germana Dominici as Betty
Ferruccio Viotti as Pastor Crabbe
Gianni Dei as Fred, Jenkins' brother
Calogero Reale as Patrick

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Production

The Seventh Grave was produced by F.G.S. International Pictures, a company founded in December 1964 by Felice Falvo, Arturo Giorni and Alessandro Santini.^[2]

Santini also wrote the story and screenplay with director Garibaldia Serra Caracciolo and actor

Italian lire.^[3]

Release

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photonovel of the film was published in issue 52 of the Malìa in May 1965 while the film was released on 18 August 1965.^[1] In 1968, Fortuanato Misiano's company Romana Cinematografica bought the rights from the producers and attempted to get the subsidies from 1965's Corona law.^[3] The film was rejected by the Ministerial commission who unanimously decided that the "technical eligibility and sufficient artistic, culture and spectacular qualities" that the law demanded were not present.^[3]

Reception

Roberto Curti, author of Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 noted the films amateur qualities such as breaking the

180 degree rule and lacking continuity between shots and that "lighting was passable at best".^[3] The script was described as one that "haphazardly assembles a bunch of Gothic stereotypes" and that the plot, the production clearly saw The Cat and the Canary (1927) "one too many times".^[3]