The island was used as a quarantine station from 1793 until 1814. In 1793, there were several cases of the plague on two ships, and consequently the island was transformed into a temporary confinement station for the ill ( lazaretto) this role became permanent in 1805, under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, who also had the old church of San Vitale destroyed the old bell-tower was converted into a lighthouse. In 1776 the island came under the jurisdiction of the Magistrato alla Sanità (Public Health Office), and became a check point for all goods and people coming to and going from Venice by ship. The Poveglia octagon is one of four that still survive. From 1645 on, the Venetian government built five octagonal forts to protect and control the entrances to the lagoon. The island remained uninhabited in the subsequent centuries in 1527 the doge offered the island to the Camaldolese monks, who refused the offer. In 1379 Venice came under attack from the Genoan fleet the people of Poveglia were moved to the Giudecca. In the 9th century the island's population began to grow, and in the following centuries its importance grew steadily, until it was governed by a dedicated Podestà. The island is first mentioned in chronicles of 421, when people from Padua and Este fled there to escape the barbarian invasions. A small canal divides the island into two separate parts. It is said to be the most haunted island on earth or even the most haunted place in the world. One of the latter described it as a place of "peace and serenity". Visits to the island are prohibited, but various books and articles report on visits by writers and/or photographers. There have been explorers that film on the island yet the place has fallen to disrepair in some places, or mother nature has taken its toll on the remaining buildings still standing. The mental hospital closed in 1968, and the island has been vacant ever since. Because of this, the island is frequently featured on paranormal shows. For more than 100 years beginning in 1776, the island was used as a quarantine station for those suffering the plague and other diseases, and later as a mental hospital. The island first appears in the historical record in 421, and was populated until the residents fled warfare in 1379. The leading actress (Jane Ryall) is a beauty but she never played in movies again.Poveglia ( / p oʊ ˈ v ɛ l i ə/ poh- VEL-ee-ə Italian: ) is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, of northern Italy.
#Island of death walkthrough youtube movie
Even though there are a lot of horrible scenes, the movie itself is pretty light and not at all difficult too watch. For example: the guy kills homosexuals because he thinks it's pervert and against the will of God, while he himself has sex with a young goat! I thought that was pretty ironic, and there are lots of similar "jokes" to discover in "Island of Death". Island of Death doesn't contain much humor unless you see the irony in many things. They brutally slaughter every person they come into contact with (mostly right after sexual intercourse which give the killings a nasty effect) and they have a few bizarre fetishes. They look average but in fact they put other famous cinema couples like Bonnie & Clyde and Mickey & Mallory to shame. The movie seems to start like a lovely romantic comedy when a young couple arrives on a Greek Island. "Island of Death" doesn't take the rules of humanity too strict and it isn't exactly what they call "politically correct". Nevertheless it's mean-spirited, raw, brutal and pretty disturbing from time to time. A bit exaggerated of course, this movie is far from being the goriest or most shocking film I've ever seen. The box showed nothing but a red background with the explicit words : "The one movie that the censors didn't want you to see" and "sorry but we can't display images of the film on the cover since they're too gruesome". This year 2003, the movie received a complete digital remastering and it finally got released on special edition DVD. Island of Death is a true ungodly video nasty coming to you straight from the best euro-exploitation period.
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