A decent gothic horror film with the requirements of a "Christploitation/Devil Hunts Victims" movie, where the emphasis is building on Christian fears to remind us why we aren't supposed to give into the 7 deadly sins. But in the mean time, it makes it entertaining! A fun film, one worth paying homage to (and I did notice a couple of instances that felt like Edgar Wright's DON'T trailer). The main fallback is that most of the scenes are brightly lit and the crew is at times inexperienced, but there's a level of enthusiasm amongst the cast and crew that really makes the film a lot of fun to watch. It's more for horror completists or if you're bored one night and it's laying around somewhere. (I found it on one of those Brentwood collections) And hey, it's got a good lesbian sex scene, a fantastic ending, a gluttony death, drowning in gold dust, and dude getting impaled on spikes. You seriously gonna tell me it ain't at least fun? :P
I was actually really pleasantly surprised by this movie. I had it in one of those classis Euro collections and I never bothered to watch b/c I typically dont like these movies, but I was impressed by this one. The guests symbolize the 7 deadly sins and I didnt actually see the end coming. Erika Blanc is worth the watch as well.
Those crazy Italians. This movie starts off with a WWII German army officer ordering his newborn child killed upon finding out it's a girl. Misogyny much? We later find out it's because firstborn daughters in his family grow up to be succubi. Some years later, a group of tourists--seven of them, to represent the seven deadly sins--stops by this guy's castle, among them a philandering husband and his shrewish, greedy wife, a couple of young women who provide an excuse for a rather tame lesbian sex scene, and a rather attractive young priest with the emotional range of a block of wood. There's also a mysterious woman wandering around who has a tendency to turn into a demon, in this case represented by extremely unflattering makeup, and a Death/Satan figure who's a skinny bald guy with prominent front teeth. Featuring a terrific theme song that could only come out of the Eurotrash late '60s.
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