The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
GermanDer Würger von Schloß Blackmoor
Directed byHarald Reinl
Screenplay by
Story byBryan Edgar Wallace
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyErnst W. Kalinke
Edited byWalter Wischniewsky
Music byOskar Sala
Production
companies
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
  • 21 June 1963 (1963-06-21)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (German: Der Würger von Schloß Blackmoor) is a 1963 West German thriller film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Karin Dor, Harry Riebauer and Rudolf Fernau.[1] It was based on a story by Bryan Edgar Wallace and was part of a trend of British-set thrillers inspired by Rialto Film's series of adaptations of his father Edgar Wallace's work.

Plot

A series of murders are committed by a masked assailant take place near Blackmoor Castle, whose gruesome calling card is to carve the letter 'M' into the decapitated heads of their victims. The assassin demands that the tenant, the soon-to-be-ennobled Lucius Clark, claims to be the rightful owner of stolen rough diamonds that Clark has hidden on the property. Clark initially suspects the phantom of being the actual owner of the castle, the impoverished Lord Blackmoor. But soon, more suspects emerge.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Spandau Studios and on-location in Berlin, while a second unit traveled to London to shoot some location exteriors. The exteriors of "Blackmoor Castle" were shot at Mendelssohn Palace and at Park Glienicke. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Achmann.

Release

The film premiered in Cologne in 21 June 1963.

Home media

A remastered Blu-Ray was released by Eureka Entertainment as part of their Terror in Fog: Wallace Krimi at CCC boxset, in May 2025.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bergfelder p. 257
  2. ↑ Terror in the Fog: Wallace Krimi at CCC Blu-ray (The Curse of the Yellow Snake / The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle / The Mad Executioners / The Phantom of Soho / The Monster of London City / The Racetrack Murders | Masters of Cinema | Limited Edition). Retrieved 23 August 2026 – via www.blu-ray.com.

Bibliography

  • Bergfelder, Tim (2005) [2004]. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.
  • Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
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