Horror

Mystery

Romance

Meridian

Full Moon Entertainment

United States of America

English

Italiano

Sherilyn Fenn

Malcolm Jamieson

Charlie Spradling

Hilary Mason

Phil Fondacaro

Vernon Dobtcheff

Alex Daniels

Vito Passeri

Angelo de Bianchi

Mohamed Badrsalem

Walter Colombaioni

Nashira

Gianluca Tramboni

Fernando Cerulli

Isabella Celani

Charles Band

Fausto De Lisio

Michael Deak

Bruno Pupparo

Lars Nelson

Marisa Calia

Francesco Papa

Giulio Bastioni

Andy Napell

Remo Lombardo

Adriane Marfiak

Ferdinando Merolla

John Brasher

Juliet Avola

Sarah Brady

Ted Nicolaou

Maurizio Garrone

Michael Catalano

Dennis Paoli

Robert MacDonald

Perry Bullington

Giovanni Natalucci

Greg Cannom

Debra Dion

Michaela Gisotti

Gino Zamprioli

Rosario Prestopino

Mac Ahlberg

Pino Donaggio

**_Beauty and the beast at an Italian castle_**

A half-American woman (Sherilyn Fenn) returns to Italy to inherit the family castle, but she and her best friend (Charlie Spradling) dubiously get involved with a traveling carnival troupe, led by a dark, handsome man (Malcolm Jamieson).

"Meridian” (1990), sometimes subtitled “Kiss of the Beast” (and also known as “Phantoms”), is a castle-oriented romantic drama/fantasy with elements of the supernatural, even horror. The real star is the milieu of the castle and the awe-inspiring garden of colossal statues, along with the two brunettes.

Speaking of which, they’re both shown top nude a couple of times (so stay away if that offends you) but, honestly, the director & cinematographer didn’t really take advantage of their presence (not talking about nudity or sleaze). In other words, they didn’t know how to photograph beautiful women.

There's a surprising politically incorrect element that wouldn’t fly today and is bewildering if you think about it (I don’t want to give it away). Meanwhile the details on how a person is to escape a 400 years-old curse are eye-rolling and almost singlehandedly ruin the movie. It’s like it was written by an author of bad romance/fantasy novels.

It runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot at Castello di Giove, which is a 75-minutes drive north of Rome, as well as Bomarzo (the garden of statues), which is about seven miles west of the castle.

GRADE: C+

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Sherilyn Fenn

Malcolm Jamieson

Charlie Spradling

Hilary Mason

Phil Fondacaro

Vernon Dobtcheff

Alex Daniels

Vito Passeri

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Mohamed Badrsalem

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