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Karin Field
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Irina Maleeva
Elsie Perkins
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Written by Wuchak on Sun Jun 15 2025
**_A macabre dance at Blackwood Castle in England on All Hallows' Eve_**
In the late 1840s, an American writer (Anthony Franciosa) meets Edgar Allan Poe (Klaus Kinski) on his visit to London and questions the authenticity of his tales. He is thus challenged to spend the night in Blackwood castle, which is reportedly haunted and no one has yet fulfilled the bet and come back alive.
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