Sadistic Baron Von Klaus, The (1962) Rating: Starring: Anne Astor, Turia Nelson, Gogo Robins, Georges Rollin, Howard Vernon Director: Franco, Jess Category: Avant Garde, Foreign, Horror, Horror Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 95 mins     A long-lost classic of Gothic horror. In the village of Holfen, a number of young women are found stabbed to death by what is determined to be an ancient dagger with a curved and rusty blade.The superstitious locals believe the murders to be the fulfillment of a curse placed on them in the 17th century by Baron Von Klaus, a sadistic libertine who killed many women before dying in the swamps surrounding his castle.The Baron's spirit is said to live on in his male descendants, but the reigning Baron, Max (Howard Vernon), has an alibi, and his nephew Ludwig (Hugo Blanco) doesn't arrive in town until the day after the latest murder, accompanied by his fianc