I Lunghi Capelli Della Morte (aka The Long Hair Of Death) (1964)

Set in the 15th century, a woman (Halina Zalewska) is burned at the stake for being a witch. But before she dies, she places a curse on the Count (Giuliano Raffaelli) who accused her of witchcraft and all his descendants. Directed by Antonio Margheriti, this is a routine Gothic horror film. The film could have used some tighter editing and a less predictable script. The cast is good, notably Barbara Steele as the woman's murdered daughter who comes back from the dead for revenge and George Ardisson as the venal aristocrat who marries the accused woman's younger daughter (Halina Zalewska). Margheriti (who disliked the movie) manages to conjure up a dark and eerie atmosphere but it's not enough to overcome the screenplay's ennui. Curiously, although I watched the film in Italian with English subtitles, the credits were in English with the Italian crew given anglicized names: Margheriti is billed as Anthony Dawson, the composer Carlo Rustichelli is billed as Evirust, the cinematographer Riccardo Pallottini as Richard Thierry and so on. With Laura Nucci (billed as Laureen Nuyen) and Umberto Raho (billed as Robert Rains).