Solange (Nightmare Castle)

Solange (Helga Line) is a villainess in the 1965 Italian horror film "Nightmare Castle".
Solange is the aging maid/housekeeper for Stephen Arrowsmith (Paul Meuller), who is a scientist living in his castle along with his wife Muriel (Barbara Steele). 
When Arrowsmith leaves for a conference, Muriel and David the gardener have a randezvous in the greenhouse, and Solange sees them. Arrowsmith soon arrives and finds them in an embrace. He chains the two adulterers up in the basement and begins whipping them. 
Before electrocuting both of them, Arrowsmith is told that he is not Muriel's heir, and the estate has been left to her stepsister Jenny, who is mentally unstable. He and Solange then formulate a plan, that they will kill them and set their sights on the sister. He attacks and disfigures David with a hot poker and burns Muriel's face with acid.
Arrowsmith removes David's and Muriel's hearts and hides them in an urn. He uses their blood to rejuvenate his aged servant, Solange, and she becomes beautiful again. 
Solange is enraged when Arrowsmith marries Jenny, planning to make her go insane with the help of Solange. Jenny is nearly identical to her sister Muriel, except for the fact that Jenny is a blonde and Muriel was brunette. Jenny begins having nightmares, which includes the sound of beating hearts and Muriel's voice urging her to murder Stephen.
Arrowsmith brings Dr. Derek Joyce to the castle to treat Jenny. Joyce discovers the hidden hearts of Muriel and David. The murdered dead return as ghosts. Muriel burns Stephen alive, while David finds Solange strapped to a table next to Jenny. She is receiving a blood transfusion from Jenny, and David slashes Solange's wrist. Solange is reduced to a skeleton by the draining of her blood. Dr. Joyce then burns the disembodied hearts and the ghosts disappear. He leaves the castle with Jenny.
==Trivia==
*Helga Line appeared as Miss Eleonore, the Housekeeper in the 1963 Italian horror film, "The Blancheville Monster".
*Helga Line appeared as Taneal in the 1964 Peplum film, "Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon".
*Helga Line appeared as Aspasia in the 1964 Italian peplum film "The Revolt of the Seven".
*Helga Line appeared as Inge/Trude in the 1966 Italian crime film "Kriminal".
*Helga Line appeared as Hilde in the 1966 Italian Eurospy film "Special Mission Lady Chaplin".
*Helga Line appeared as Mara Gitan in the 1968 French thriller "Il March Di Kriminal".
*Helga Line appeared as Marlene Schulman in the 1970 film, "Churchill's Leopards".
*Helga Line appeared as Matilde in the 1971 film, "Long Live Robin Hood".
*Helga Line appeared as Maybelle in the 1971 Spaghetti Western "Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest".
*Helga Line appeared as Mabille De Lancre in the 1973 film, "Horror Rises from the Tomb".
*Helga Line appeared as Sara in the 1973 sci-fi film "Santo vs Doctor Death".
*Helga Line appeared as Lorelei in the 1974 film, "The Lorelay's Grasp".
*Helga Line appared as Zanufer in the 1975 Spanish horror film, "The Mummy's Revenge".
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Category:1960s
Category:Beehive Hairstyle
Category:Braided Hairstyle
Category:Brunette
Category:Conspirator
Category:Eternal Youth
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Long Skirts & Dresses
Category:Fate: Deceased
Category:Demise: Rapid Aging