[shadyJ]

Just watched Mario Bava's 'Baron Blood'. I know this was a hit in its day but I don't think it is among Bava's best, however it isn't his worst either. It felt like a Hammer movie. Baker's role was clearly written with Vincent Price in mind, and I think Joseph Cotten was somewhat miscast in that part. It's as though he tried for a Price impersonation in his performance, likely at the direction of Bava. I felt the direction and pacing were a bit clumsy for a Bava movie. Coincidentally I recognized the little girl as the same actress who would play the hot, spooky usherette in Demons years later, I am a bit proud of myself for catching that. To the movie's credit, the location they filmed at, that castle, was terrific. Elke Sommer was hot, but the real star of this movie was the castle.