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Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic.

Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendulum. She guested on various British television shows including the spy drama Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. In 2010, she was a guest star in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Night Whispers.

In 2010, actor-writer Mark Gatiss interviewed Steele about her role in Black Sunday (1960) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror.

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Ulalume - A Ballad (2023)

Dreamlike animation brings Poe's unforgettable poem to life, with desolate, macabre, and volcanic imagery. ...

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Fellinopolis (2021)

Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his personal and creative intimacy, to capture the gears of his great circus, his fantastic lies and his crazy ...

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Master of Dark Shadows (2019)

Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes stories exploring the diverse talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis. ...

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Minutes Past Midnight (2016)

As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. Demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the supernatural, the fantastic, and the just plain horrific. Featuring nine stories of horror. ...

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The Phantom (2016)

An enigmatic stranger, a couple who no longer exist, danger in the shadows and the key to it all - The new Ford Edge. Mads Mikkelsen and screen legend Barbara Steele star alongside the new Ford Edge in LE FANTÔME. ...

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Lost River (2015)

Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Both Billy and Bones must dive deep into the mystery if their family is to survive. ...

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The Mill at Calder's End (2015)

In the remote village of Calder's End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his childhood home, intent on breaking a generations old family curse. Grimshaw's journey takes him deep below ...

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The Shutterbug Man (2014)

The Shutterbug Man tells the tale of a very twisted man, whose only passion in life is taking pictures. This passion takes him to terrible and wicked places. ...

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Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' (2014)

"Parasite Memories" is a brand new retrospective piece on the film produced by High Rising Productions with lively contribution from effects artist Joe Blasco, actresses Lynn Lowry and Barbara Steele, actor Allan Kolman, and Canadian critic Kier La-Janisse ...

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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)

The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of "Island of Dr. Moreau" —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abru ...

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Behind the Swinging Blade (2014)

Filmed exclusively for Arrow Video in 2013, this documentary looks at the making of The Pit and the Pendulum and features producer and director Roger Corman, star Barbara Steele, Vincent Price's daughter Victoria Price and more. ...

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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)

Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax". ...

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The Butterfly Room (2012)

A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster. ...

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Barbara Steele in Conversation (2009)

A documentary revolving around an extended interview with Barbara Steele, in which she recounts the many facets of her career. ...

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The Boneyard Collection (2008)

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT M ...

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Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004)

Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava ...

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Italian Kings Of B (2003)

Documentary on Italian genre cinema. ...

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The American Nightmare (2000)

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society. ...

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The Capitol Conspiracy (1998)

Martial arts star Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action/suspense story. A child is recruited to take part in a secret government experiment which results in him being able to see into the future. Years later, the child is an adult and is working for ...

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Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997)

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre- ...

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Deep Above (1994)

In the 16th century, young men put themselves in great danger to look for mysterious crystals in a tunnel in the Styrian Erzberg. Some of them never returned from searching for this symbol of perfect love. In the 20th century, the student Barbara tries to ...

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Fear in the Dark (1991)

A short documentary on the history of the horror film narrated by Christopher Lee. ...

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Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)

The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which is borrowed from a 1958 film with the same name by Marc Allegret, refers to the sense the actresses have o ...

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Silent Scream (1979)

Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. ...

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The Key Is in the Door (1978)

Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague egalitarian notions about friendship with her students and leaves her door open to them. One of her protégés is fou ...

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Piranha (1978)

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal. ...

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Pretty Baby (1978)

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips t ...

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The Space-Watch Murders (1978)

A spaceship lands safely on a distant planet but all on-board have been slain except for one female crew member. ...

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Shivers (1975)

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city. ...

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Caged Heat (1974)

A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's sadistic doctor begins conducting illegal "therapeutic" experiments on the inmates, the ladies plot their reve ...

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Ciao, Federico! (1970)

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon. ...

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Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! (1970)

Young protesters live together in a commune in Milano. One has a ventriloquist ability and is signed by national TV becoming a superstar in commercials aimed for kids. One by one his commune friends leave the protest to enter the business world except for ...

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Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969)

While on honeymoon with her husband in Spain, a woman wakes up one morning to find he has disappeared. After reporting it to the police, a man shows up claiming to be her husband. But he's not the man she married and no one will believe her. ...

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Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming, and his niece more demonstrably so, Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavini ...

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Barbara and Her Furs (1967)

Short film for the french TV program "Dim Dam Dom". A love letter to Barbara Steele and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs. ...

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Young Törless (1966)

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed n ...

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An Angel for Satan (1966)

At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction. ...

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The She Beast (1966)

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them. ...

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For Love and Gold (1966)

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly w ...

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Money (1965)

On the theme "money is the driving force that drives man to commit follies to conquer them", this film presents a series of episodes. ...

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Once Upon a Tractor (1965)

Alan Bates and Diane Cilento play an odd couple fleeing across fictitious European countries with NYC and the UN as their destination. A short film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. ...

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Nightmare Castle (1965)

A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count remarries and the new wife experiences nightmares and hauntings. ...

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Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)

An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the castle at that ...

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The Long Hair of Death (1964)

In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother. ...

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Easy Love (1964)

Five episodes: A professor decides to murder her husband to win a woman. A hotelier seduces a boarder. A man convinces a friend to marry his lover, so as not to arouse his wife's suspicions. A man borrows money from a loan shark to pay for the services of ...

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The Monocle's Sour Laugh (1964)

A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier. ...

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White Voices (1964)

In 17th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat. ...

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Three for a Robbery (1964)

Gerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In agreement with Nicola, Mario and Hans, they prepare and carry out a robbery which, however, will have consequences for all of them. ...

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Les baisers (1964)

A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already well known directors with a commercial draw, allowed five new young directors to each have a crack at an episode about romance. ...

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The Maniacs (1964)

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society. ...

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Castle of Blood (1964)

When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance, and a dark seductress who surrenders the gravest of pleasures. ...

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A Sentimental Attempt (1963)

Carla and Dino, both in a matrimonail crisis, fall in love. But life will not help this love story. ...

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The Ghost (1963)

A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them. ...

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The Hours of Love (1963)

In "The Hours of Love," Gianni and Marietta's spark ignites as passionate lovers, yet dims in their marriage. Seeking rekindling, they dare to step outside their vows, exploring love's complexities and the heart's yearning against societal expectations. ...

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8½ (1963)

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one ...

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The Iron Captain (1962)

After his village is burned down, Captain Furio sets out for revenge. ...

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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)

In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor. ...

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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor. ...

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Black Sunday (1960)

A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand ...

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Your Money or Your Wife (1960)

Newly wed couple Gay and Pel Butterworth are forced to take in some strange paying guests when their inheritance proves troublesome, but all is not as straight forward as it seems, when they discover they may have to divorce to get their hands on half the ...

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Sapphire (1959)

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a s ...

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Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Ita ...

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The Heart of a Man (1959)

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also fal ...

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The 39 Steps (1959)

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets. ...

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Bachelor of Hearts (1958)

A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge. ...

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Houseboat (1958)

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children. ...

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