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Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

An art student, Hans von Arnim(Pierre Brice)is on assignment working in the windmill studio of a prestigious sculptor, Professor Gregorius Wahl(Herbert Böhme)who teaches classes and is developing a carnival depicting important female historical figures whose fates were grim. Hans discovers that Wahl has a lovely daughter, Elfie(..the ravishing, voluptuous Scilla Gabel)who is kept hidden in his house and soon the two have a sexual affair with problems concerning her health and mental instability complicating matters. Wahl has a special physician working for him, Dr. Loren Bohlem(Wolfgang Preiss)who sees to his daughter's illness. What Hans doesn't know is that Wahl and Bohlem kidnap young women, using their blood to keep Elfie alive. Elfie, despite knowing their ghoulish methods, doesn't mind because she is kept young and beautiful in the process. Even more diabolical is that Wahl uses the female corpses as sculptures for his exhibits! But, Bohlem's in love with Elfie, Elfie's in love with Hans, Hans is in love with a fellow art student Liselotte(Dany Carrel), and Gregorius will not have anyone complicating his keeping Elfie alive. Bohlem's desire for Elfie will complicate his working relationship with Gregorius. But, a true thorn in their side is Hans who poses a threat to their neatly run operation when he discovers that Elfie is in fact "dead." Developing a possible serum for Elfie, Bohlem discovers that a certain person's blood type would in fact be needed so that they would never need supplies of blood again..the very one's blood they need is Liselotte's. They will try to keep Hans at bay by putting him through the rigors of a hallucinogenic drug which produces a nightmarish effect blurring reality and fantasy. But, the situation becomes heated between Gregorius and Bohlem over Elfie, and Hans will pursue the whereabouts of his missing love Liselotte.Superb Gothic chiller with the most perfect setting, rivaling even castles..I mean, seriously, a windmill which not houses a carnival of exhibits made with sculptures of human victims(..and operating the sculptures which escape from a door bursting forth to often startle the audience, are the gears within the windmill, quite an architectural achievement), but a basement which contains the lab where Bohlem conducts his blood treatments! It's too good to be true, but it is. I'm not sure why others haven't used a windmill more, because the director proves just how wonderful an atmospheric tool it is. I guess it's partly inspired by "Frankenstein", except the director creates inventive ways to use the windmill. But, it seems that(..judging by the climax)that the director doesn't forget where his inspiration come from. The hallucinogenic nightmare sequence is quite a spellbinding experience..we are just as bewildered at what is transpiring as Hans is. Böhme and Preiss are appropriate villains, both desiring Elfie's safety and beauty intact. Böhme has a great devious scene where he hovers over a kidnapped victim tied to a slab about to have her blood drained, promising her situation would be all over soon, carrying a look of mania on his face(..the camera looks upward as he stares directly at us, his eyes wide with madness). I'm not sure why "Mill of the Stone Women" isn't more widely known..I only found out about it through word of mouth. I think this film belongs alongside the great masterworks made by Ferroni's contemporaries in the 60's, Bava, Fisher & Corman. The climax(..the windmill and Gregorius and Elfie's fate)certainly ends in a blaze of glory. "Mill of the Stone Women" is an atmospheric marvel any horror fan with an opportunity to check out.

I thought this creaked a bit at first but had wrongly assumed this full colour production was made in the 70s and had no idea it was so early. A joint French/Italian production and the two countries offer us a beauty each, although it has to be said that the Italian Scilla Gabel would take a little beating whatever the opposition!Something of a mix of Frankenstein and House of Wax in the end but this is not apparent at first and with all the creepy Dutch landscape and creaky mill we are at first led to think more of vampires.Colourful, surprisingly graphic and all in all a very interesting discovery.

Beautifully directed and photographed European horror film that owes a debt to Franju's EYES WITHOUT A FACE.An evocative, creepy score by Carlo Innocenzi helps director Giorgio Ferroni conjure a work of great atmosphere and intense drama.As in EYES and Franco's ORLOFF, the subject is a fanatic obsessed with preserving the life of a dearly departed member of his family -- in this case, his daughter Elfi, played by the achingly beautiful and sensual Scilla Gabel.The setting, a windmill outside Amsterdam, is a superb arena for the fantastic goings-on that provide frisson upon frisson of wonder and dread. The "stone women" of the title are frightening, fascinating figures of fear and are richly employed by Ferroni who demonstrates an acute talent for fantasy.The superb opening sequence establishes a mood that never falters, and the exciting finale, with the Stone Women ablaze, is pure magic.A handsomely produced gem.

Neatly expressionistic mood piece about a mad scientist/sculptor trying to keep his afflicted daughter from turning to stone by transfusing her with the blood of local babes. The storyline (a favorite of European horror films - THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF and EYES WITHOUT A FACE also had to do with a mad scientist trying to save a deformed daughter at the expense of anyone within reach) has holes thick enough to bowl a woman's severed head through, but the film is great on atmosphere and ambiance. Completed without credit by Mario Bava after director Giorgio Ferroni began it, the Mondo Macabro DVD version includes the uncut French edition (massacred in bad US VHS prints till now). This film was one of two that reportedly started the Eurohorror boom of the '60s and '70s, of which Bava was a primary maestro.