The Blancheville Monster

The Blancheville Monster
Italian film poster for The Blancheville Monster
Directed byAlberto de Martino
Written by
Starring
CinematographyAlejandro Ulloa
Edited byOtello Colangeli
Music by
  • Carlo Franci
  • Giuseppe Piccillo
Distributed byTitanus (Italy)
Release date
  • June 6, 1963 (1963-06-06) (Italy)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • Spain
Box office87 million

The Blancheville Monster, released in the UK and Italy as Horror, is a 1963 horror film directed by Alberto de Martino. The film's script by Gianni Grimaldi and Bruno Corbucci is promoted as being based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, but actually only borrows elements from the short stories "The Fall of the House of Usher", "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" and "Some Words with a Mummy". Long after its release, director Alberto de Martino described his film as "a little film of no importance".