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Castle | Baron
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Roger Corman made this picture in the midst of a cycle of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations and considers it an "honorary member" of that cycle. The previous Poe pictures had ended with the castle or mansion being destroyed by fire (Corman's crew had come to look forward to "fire day") but with this one, Corman decided to change the formula and have the castle destroyed by a flood instead. Noting the abundance of second-unit directors who had worked on the film--four, to that point--Jack Nicholson requested and received permission to direct the climactic flood sequence himself.
Jack Nicholson claims to have nearly drowned while filming in the surf of Big Sur, CA.
Roger Corman shot the bulk of the film in four days, but the second-unit work was filmed over a nine month period by five directors, Francis Ford Coppola, Dennis Jakob, Monte Hellman, Jack Nicholson, and Jack Hill.
Francis Ford Coppola took 11 days to shoot his second-unit footage, only ten minutes of which wound up in the finished film.
The original theatrical poster warned potential audiences, "No one will be admitted while the coffin is being opened!"
"Helene: The crypt! It must be destroyed, and with it the dead. Andre: Don't speak of the dead anymore. You're with me now. Helene: I am possessed of the dead. Andre: You're a warm living woman. Who has told you these things? Helene: The dead."
"Andre: One more question, Baron: has anyone else except yourself seen the spirit? Stefan, for instance. Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe: [smiling] You think I'm mad, don't you. Andre: Right now, Baron, I'm not sure just what I think. Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe: Ah! But don't forget: *you* saw her, too. Perhaps we're both mad."
