this begin a wager between edgar allen poe and a journalist . poe bet that the man can not spend an entire night in a creepy castle . well and of course he can and but will he come out unscathed . hard to say with all these strange people that aren not suppose to be there wander around and include the icy barbara steele . this be a fairly odd film in that the presentation be both in french and english and and switch back and forth a few time . perhaps this be do because bit of dialog be lose . it also rather dark and claustrophobic and be that one doesn not see much beyond a small circle of light that candle and such generate and plus there a feel of dread and impend doom pretty much at all time . this version ( on synapse ) be also uncensored and i wonder what might be censor in a film from 1964 until i saw the topless scene and i guess that might be it . overall this be pretty good and in gloomy black and white . barbara steele definitely make the movie too . positive .