
The Haunted Palace(1963)
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.


“Lust has never been this terrifying!”
In Medieval France a warlock is beheaded and his wife is tortured and executed. Hundreds of years later, an isolated group of people discover his head buried on their property. Soon it comes back to life, possessing people and using them to commit sacrifices and to search for the rest of his body.

Paul Naschy
Alaric de Marnac / Hugo de Marnac / Armand de Marnac

Emma Cohen
Elvire

Víctor Barrera
Maurice Roland / Andre Roland (as Vic Winner)

Helga Liné
Mabille De Lancré

Betsabé Ruiz
Sylvia

Luis Ciges
Alain 'Le Raté' - a thief

Cristina Suriani
Paola

Julio Peña
Jean

María José Cantudo
Chantal

Juan Cazalilla
Gastone
Horror Rises from the Tomb is a horror film released in 1973 exploring themes of coffin, revenge, murder, vigilante, decapitation, gothic horror. Directed by Carlos Aured, it stars Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Víctor Barrera. In Medieval France a warlock is beheaded and his wife is tortured and executed. Hundreds of years later, an isolated group of people discover his head buried on their property. Soon it comes back to life, possessing people and using them to commit sacrifices and to search for the rest of his body.
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