Reign of Terror June 1793 and the end of July 1794, there were 16,594 official death sentences in France, of which 2,639 were in Paris. There was a sense of emergency among leading politicians in France in the summer of 1793 between the widespread civil war and counter-revolution. Bertrand Barère exclaimed on 5 September 1793 in the Convention: "Let's make terror the order of the day!" They were determined to avoid street violence such as the September Massacres of 1792 by taking violence into their own hands as an instrument of government. Robespierre in February 1794 in a speech explained the necessity of
Terror in the Crypt film. "Terror in the Crypt" was released in Italy on 27 May 1964 where it was distributed by MEC. It grossed a total of 69.541 million Italian lire. "Terror in the Crypt" was released straight to television in the United States by AIP-TV. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom as "Crypt of Horror". The film was released on DVD in 2012 by Retromedia/Image in the United States where it retains the title "Crypt of the Vampire" while the credits in the film refer to it as "Terror in the Crypt". In a contemporary review, the "Monthly Film Bulletin"