

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
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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