A nightclub singer is haunted by the ghost of her late father. The dead man summons her through a mirror, forcing her to commit a series of violent crimes.
Cinematography
Mirror compositions that actually earn their pretension
Acting
Emma Cohen's haunted eyes doing all the heavy lifting
Score
Jazzy nightclub numbers colliding with doom-laden strings
Director
Jesús Franco
Emma Cohen
Ana Olivera / Annette Whitman
Robert Woods
Bill
Françoise Brion
Carla
Philippe Lemaire
Pipo
Alice Arno
Tina
Ramiro Oliveros
Miguel Ferrara / Michel
Howard Vernon
Ana's Father
Ada Tauler
Estefania
Lina Romay
Marie Madeleine Whitman (French version only)
Monica Swinn
Marie's Girlfriend (French version only)
Chantal Broquet
Angela (uncredited)
Jesús Franco
Roger (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Franco's brief 1973 'respectable' window between his early arthouse period and the full descent into sexploitation autopilot. The tension between ambition and exploitation is visible in every frame.
Emma Cohen was Franco's partner at the time and reportedly co-wrote scenes without credit. Her performance's raw wounded quality may reflect actual behind-mirror dynamics.
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