The Whip and the Body
- IMDb link: 0057078
- IMDb rating: 6.6 (5,333 votes) Search
- Genres: Horror, Romance
- Director: Mario Bava
- Cast: Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Evelyn Stewart and others
- Release date: 10 Dec 1965
- Release year: 1963
- Runtime: 87 minutes
- Country: Italy, France
- Keywords: s&m, italian gothic, surprise ending, giallo, female whipping, giallo thriller, beach, family relationships, murder, ghost story
Plot
Storyline
The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly betrothed to his brother.
After the announcement of the servant Losat, the nobleman Kurt Menliff returns to the castle of his family at the seaside to congratulate his brother Christian Menliff for his marriage with his former lover Nevenka. Kurt feels the hatred and the fear of his father Count Menliff and the servant Giorgia, who blames him for seducing and killing her daughter, and indifference from his cousin Katia. On the next afternoon, the sadistic Kurt meets Nevenka riding a horse alone on the beach and whips the masochistic woman and makes love with her. Late night, Nevenka is missing and everybody is seeking her while Kurt is stabbed in the neck with the same dagger that Giorgia's daughter was murdered. On the next days, the members of the family suspects of each other while Nevenka is haunted by the ghost of Kurt.
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