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Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.
Víctor Barrera
- Eduardo
- (as Vic Winner)
Blanca Estrada
- Norma
- (as Blanche Estrada)
Carlos Piñeiro
- Luis
- (as Charley Piñeiro)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe film was submitted to the MPAA in 1974 under the title 'Dread Stop at Nightmare Inn' and was given a PG rating.
- GoofsAs a woman so appalled by public immorality, and so domineering of her sister, Marta could not have countenanced her sister going out in the street in a dress cut above her knee, and, though her own skirt was cut below her knee, she herself went out bra-less, and when her blouse was pulled, not ripped, open by branches as she waded through the swamp, even though the button remained intact on the blouse, she made no effort to close it, even as she walked through town back home.
- Quotes
Blaise Pascal: [intertitle card after opening credits] There are only two types of men: The righteous who think they are sinners, and the sinners who think they are righteous
- Alternate versionsThe U.S DVD (released by Cheezy Flicks and titled "It Happened at Nightmare Inn") runs 67 minutes and features a heavily edited print which removes all shots of nudity, stabbings and dead bodies, and the entire relationship between Veronica and Luis. The UK Odeon DVD (released as "A Candle For The Devil") runs 83 minutes and is the full uncut version.
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Pert, pretty British tourist turns up at a small Spanish inn to be with her sister who is nowhere to be found. She then confronts the two loony sisters who run the establishment and know more than they let o
Though obviously inspired by PSYCHO, this truly deranged Spanish shocker features several gruesome sequences which makes the film way ahead of its time. The atmosphere is quite sinister and very threatening. Judy Geeson(of TO SIR, WITH LOVE fame) does well in her role as the pretty blonde heroine, and Aurora Batista and Esperanza Roy are indeed the most menacing inn-keepers since Mr. Norman Bates. In fact, the film's only real drawback is the poor dubbing that makes it resemble one of those cheesy Euro-Hercules flicks. Available on video for the longest time only in an old edited television version, the missing footage has finally been restored to home video. The video title of the film is: IT HAPPENED AT NIGHTMARE INN.
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- Also known as
- Dread Stop at Nightmare Inn
- Filming locations
- Estudios Roma, Madrid, Spain(Studio)
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was It Happened at Nightmare Inn (1973) officially released in India in English?
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