The Marchioness Erzebeth Bathory (Lucia Bosé) is worried with her face and skin since she is aging. Her husband Marquis Karl Ziemmer (Espartaco Santoni) is a powerful evil man that is in the board of the village judging a vampirism case. Bathory's servant Nodriza (Ana Farra) convinces her to use pigeon's blood to keep her skin beautiful. Then she escalates to use young women's blood, and manipulates Karl to help her to achieve her objectives.
"Ceremonia sangrienta", a.k.a. "The Legend of Blood Castle" (1973), is another version of the legend of Erzebeth Bathory, who bathed in the blood of young women to keep her beauty. In accordance with professional critics, this film is accurate in many aspects, such as a virgin naked man or woman riding a horse to find vampire tomb. The beauty of Ewa Aulin is impressive in this film. Further, I saw the Spanish version recently released on DVD in Brazil, but the international version shows more nude, as shown in the Extras of the DVD. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Força do Diabo" ("The Devil's Force")
"Ceremonia sangrienta", a.k.a. "The Legend of Blood Castle" (1973), is another version of the legend of Erzebeth Bathory, who bathed in the blood of young women to keep her beauty. In accordance with professional critics, this film is accurate in many aspects, such as a virgin naked man or woman riding a horse to find vampire tomb. The beauty of Ewa Aulin is impressive in this film. Further, I saw the Spanish version recently released on DVD in Brazil, but the international version shows more nude, as shown in the Extras of the DVD. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Força do Diabo" ("The Devil's Force")