Cousin--blame DC at least in part for Barbara Steele's performance as Julia. She actually talked about doing DS in this video interview that was included as an extra (I think on Nightmare Castle) on one of her Italian horror film DVD releases a year or two ago. She said that Dan kept forcing her to play certain scenes very "straight" and that she was not allowed to make the character as "eccentric" as she would have wished. It is a brief part of the interview, but it is clear that DS does not at all represent a happy memory for Barbara Steele.
Did she ever indicate how "eccentric" she wanted to play Julia?
