
What Lies Beneath(2000)
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.


“Hideous, Hungry, and Loose!”
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.

Jeffrey Combs
John Reilly

Barbara Crampton
Susan Reilly

Jonathan Fuller
Giorgio
Jessica Dollarhide
Rebecca Reilly

Massimo Sarchielli
Giannetti

Elisabeth Kaza
Agnese

Luca Zingaretti
Forte
Helen Stirling
Duchess D'Orsino
Alessandro Sebastian Satta
JJ

Raffaella Offidani
Sylvana
Castle Freak is a thriller, drama, horror, mystery film released in 1996 exploring themes of child abuse, monster, haunted house, castle, sexual violence, inheritance. Directed by Stuart Gordon, it stars Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller. John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
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