The Reluctant Scream Queen Barbara Steele
Thursday, 22. February 2007, 14:53:40

Barbara Steele had a face that could either be divinely innocent or frightenly evil. She seemed to always resent being type cast as a horror movie queen but her legions of fans have never been disappointed. I suppose her greatest role was the witch in Mario Bava’s classic of atmospheric horror Black Sunday. Though she may have looked Italian and sounded so because her voice was often dubbed she was born in England. She did some Roger Corman films as well the most notable being the Pit and the Pendulum. She retired from films finally after many let downs and miscastings trying to get her out of the horror genre and now pursues her first true love painting. She has a special face and the video clip from Castle of Blood displays it in all its symmetrical beauty.



FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT YOUR HEART HAD STOPPED










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