Mill of the Stone Women

1960 "Why do warm-blooded beauties suddenly turn to stone?!"
6.5| 1h30m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 30 August 1960 Released
Producted By: Explorer Film '58
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Hans von Arnam travels to a Flemish village to study a strange carousel located in an old windmill that displays famous murderesses and other notorious women from history. Professor Gregorius Wahl, owner of the windmill, warns Hans to stay away from his mysterious daughter Elfi, in order to keep Hans from discovering the horrible secret shared by the Professor and Elfi's Doctor.

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Giorgio Ferroni

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Explorer Film '58

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Rainey Dawn This is a film that was recommended to me - after the first few minutes I realized I have seen this movie before and said to myself "oh yes I recall seeing this years ago and this is a pretty good film...". After re-watching the film again in it's entirety, I must say it is as good as I recalled it to be. Good to see this classic again.This movie is more of a mystery than horror - but believe me there is enough horror in the film to enjoy. The movie has enough suspenseful twists and turns to keep it very interesting.Just like other reviewers have mentioned, it is a pseudo-Gothic movie. If you like Gothic films, wax museum horror and mystery classics then you just might like Mill of the Stone Women (1960).8/10
christopher-underwood 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.
The_Void Based on a Flemish short story by Pieter Van Weigen, Mill of the Stone Women is an excellent slice of Eurocult Gothic horror. The film is along the same lines as films by Mario Bava; most notably Black Sunday and Kill Baby Kill, and just like the aforementioned masterpieces; bathes in its own atmosphere and most of the horror is drawn from that. Horror is a genre that people often mistake for not having many ideas, but films like this prove otherwise. Here, we have a story that couldn't be further away from the 'norm' in horror, and on a technical level, Mill of the Stone Women is both inventive and influential. The macabre plot follows a young journalist named Hans who travels to Holland to write an article on the mysterious sculptor, who lives in a mill, that the locals have nicknamed "The Mill of the Stone Women". While there, he meets the Professor's beautiful daughter; but she's damaged goods, as she suffers from a sinister malady that means she has to remain within the mill. Is there something yet more morbid to this intriguing set up...?The mill at the centre of the piece makes for an excellent location for this story to take place in. Old castles are a more common location for Gothic horror, so the fact that this one takes place in a mill again differentiates it from the norm, and is yet another example of the imagination behind the story. The colour scheme is largely quite drab, and to be honest, I'd have preferred either more striking colours or a black and white picture...as the in-between doesn't look good in my opinion. That's pretty much the only thing I don't like about this film in regards to the style, however. The plot moves slowly, but this means that the film has time to both build up it's plot and wallow in the atmosphere. One of the trademarks of Italian horror is a muddled plot and things that don't completely make sense; and this film adheres to that. There are several threads within the plot, and a number of them are left unexplained by the conclusion...which is a shame. Still, the final conclusion is fitting and at least it doesn't suffer from bad dubbing! Recommended.
ixtoploplcatl I bought the DVD (produced by mondo macabro) based upon the reviews posted here. Big, huge, gigantic, mammoth mistake. I don't know if the disc cut is a very different print than what these folks are talking about, but let me just say this - I fell asleep 3 times trying to watch this movie. After finally getting through this mess, I knew I had to post this review. It is extremely slow-moving, not at all creepy, and rather disjointed in parts. Quite disappointing with characters as empty as the wooden windmill in which they "act." I do entertain the possibility that the DVD producer chopped this film horribly and sells something unlike what the other reviewers have seen and are talking about. If you still want to see this movie DO NOT buy the Mondo Macabro DVD of it. Find a different print and I wish you better luck.