Riccardo Freda Archives

I Vampiri (1957)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 13, 2016Italian Gothic

The Italian Gothic cycle of the 1960s had an amazing visual flair – this is where it started. This is more a 1940s mad scientist film but comes with all the decaying castles and beautifully moody b&w lighting

Director: Riccardo Freda

Actors: Gianna Maria Canale, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida, Carlo D'Angelo

Category: Horror

13 April 201619 August 2026 by Roog

The Terror of Dr Hichcock (1962)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 21, 2001Italian Gothic

Influential if possibly overrated work in the Italian Gothic cycle of the 1960s. There’s the haunted figure of Barbara Steele and rich atmosphere, even if the plot doesn’t make much sense

Director: Riccardo Freda

Actors: Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Harriet Medin

Category: Horror

21 June 200110 February 2025 by Roog

The Spectre (1963)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 17, 2022Italian Gothic

A work of brooding Italian Gothic, a loose sequel to The Terror of Dr Hichcock. Featuring oodles of atmosphere and the genre’s indisputable queen Barbara Steele as a wife haunted by a dead husband

Director: Riccardo Freda

Actors: Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin, Harriet Medin, Umberto Raho

Category: Horror

17 February 20221 May 2026 by Roog