Why is there always a bad side to inheriting a creepy old castle? When you learn that your reclusive uncle who lived in a castle has died and included you in his will, you have to suspect the situation you see above will result. We understand that inheriting property is a dream everyone has, but when the land comes with constantly howling wolves, a permanently hovering thunderstorm, and a general sense of crushing doom, there’s going to be a cross with your name on it somewhere (probably in that subterranean torture chamber that looks scary as hell but is nothing to worry about because it has gone unused for at least a hundred years—not). In La Bambola di Satana, heroine Erna Schürer makes all the classic horror mistakes. For that reason and others, the film itself crosses the line from classic to cliché pretty early on, but it is well-directed by Ferruccio Casapinta, and Schürer is lovely if a tad vacuous in the lead. However, it’s hard to lose yourself in a film when you’ve seen it all before. In fact, we may have even seen this exact castle before. For lovers of gothic horror, this one might be a treat. For those who simply want a good movie, we recommend you look elsewhere. And for those who want to see what Erna Schürer looks like in the flesh, we suggest you look here. La Bambola di Satana premiered in Italy in 1969.
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
1967—First Space Program Casualty Occurs
Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when, during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere after more than ten successful orbits, the capsule's main parachute fails to deploy properly, and the backup chute becomes entangled in the first. The capsule's descent is slowed, but it still hits the ground at about 90 mph, at which point it bursts into flames. Komarov is the first human to die during a space mission. 1986—Otto Preminger Dies
Austro–Hungarian film director Otto Preminger, who directed such eternal classics as Laura, Anatomy of a Murder, Carmen Jones, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Stalag 17, and for his efforts earned a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, dies in New York City, aged 80, from cancer and Alzheimer's disease. 1998—James Earl Ray Dies
The convicted assassin of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., petty criminal James Earl Ray, dies in prison of hepatitis aged 70, protesting his innocence as he had for decades. Members of the King family who supported Ray's fight to clear his name believed the U.S. Government had been involved in Dr. King's killing, but with Ray's death such questions became moot. 1912—Pravda Is Founded
The newspaper Pravda, or Truth, known as the voice of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. It is one of the country's leading newspapers until 1991, when it is closed down by decree of then-President Boris Yeltsin. A number of other Pravdas appear afterward, including an internet site and a tabloid. 1983—Hitler's Diaries Found
The German magazine Der Stern claims that Adolf Hitler's diaries had been found in wreckage in East Germany. The magazine had paid 10 million German marks for the sixty small books, plus a volume about Rudolf Hess's flight to the United Kingdom, covering the period from 1932 to 1945. But the diaries are subsequently revealed to be fakes written by Konrad Kujau, a notorious Stuttgart forger. Both he and Stern journalist Gerd Heidemann go to trial in 1985 and are each sentenced to 42 months in prison.
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