A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and her decision to live with them turns into a nightmare. Unable to leave she's drawn into a macabre underworld through visions of nude satanic rituals and her own impending sacrifice.
Cinematography
Fog-drenched castle shots that almost justify the runtime
Costume
The Queen of the Night's absurdly committed glam-goth lewks
Production
Shot in three days, and somehow that explains everything
Director
Jesús Franco
Christina von Blanc
Christina Benton
Carmen Yazalde
Carmencé
Rosa Palomar
Aunt Abigail
Anne Libert
The Queen of the Night
Howard Vernon
Uncle Howard
Jesús Franco
Basilio
Paul Müller
Ernesto Pablo Reiner, Christina's father
Antonio de Cabo
Notary (uncredited)
Alice Arno
Princess of Eroticism (added scene) (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franco shot this in Portugal in 1971, but producer Jean Rollin added hardcore inserts for a 1981 re-release without his involvement.
This is peak '70s Euro-horror: cheap castles, cheaper nudity, and the delusion that atmosphere equals narrative coherence.
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