Baron Blood

Baron Blood is the name several fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins, the original incarnation first appeared in The Invaders #7 (July 1976), a second incarnation created by Thomas and Jackson Guice appeared in Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme volume 3, #10 (Dec. 1989), and further incarnations, including a female version called Baroness Blood, were created by Ben Raab and John Cassaday for Union Jack #1-3 (December 1998-February 1999), based on characters originally created by Roger Stern and John Byrne for Captain America volume 1 #253 (January 1981).

Publication history

1970s publications

Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins featured the original Baron Blood, John Falsworth, in The Invaders #7-9 (July–October 1976); in the story flashbacks show him being turned into a vampire by Dracula on a trip to Transylvania and joining the German forces for WWI and WWII, while in the present day he stays at Falsworth Manor under the guise of his own son plotting to kill his niece, Jacqueline Falsworth, to get revenge against his elder Brother, Lord Falworth, until he is killed by Captain America.

Baron Blood (film)

Baron Blood (original title: Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga) is a 1972 horror film directed by Mario Bava. It is one of Bava's least critically popular films.

Plot

Peter Kleist (Antonio Cantafore) is an American who arrives in Austria to take a break from his college studies and to look up his family's history. At the airport, he is greeted by his uncle, Karl Hummel (Massimo Girott), who invites him to stay at his house. Peter asks Karl about his great-grandfather, Baron Otto Von Kleist. Karl explains that the Baron's name still spreads fear among the local people for he was a notorious sadist who tortured and murdered over 100 of the villagers for which he earned the nickname "Baron Blood". Karl also tells Peter that the Baron's old castle and former residence is being remodeled into a hotel for tourists. Peter persuades his uncle to take him to the castle.

After a long drive through the countryside, they arrive at the ominous castle on a hill, where they meet with Herr Dortmund (Dieter Tressler) the entrepreneur responsible for the current hotel project. Peter is particularly interested in Dortmundt's beautiful assistant Eva (Elke Sommer), a former college student of Karl's whose job is to ensure that Dortmundt does not make any lasting changes to the castle's architectures. After a brief tour of the castle, Karl invites Eva to his house for dinner.