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The Devil's Nightmare

EXORCISM! The one last hope for the possessed … But this time the devil wins!

Nov. 14, 1971

01:35:00

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Genres: Fantasy, Horror

Tags: Gothic Horror, Psychotronic Film,

Keywords: Satan, Stabbing, Tragic Event, more

Overview:

A group of tourists traveling on a bus take a detour to stay overnight in a castle owned by a family cursed with a history of Satanism and death.

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Six of seven tourists in a east European castle overnight are victims of a helper of the devil. Is Satan willing to spare their souls?

This is one of your better Italian Gothic horror films (maybe they should have done more co-productions with Belgium). The simple plot concerns a group of travelers who end up stranded in an eerie castle. The travelers supposedly represent the Seven Deadly Sins. They are picked off one by one by a sexy female succubus played by the sumptuous Erica Blanc.

There have been a million movies like this over the years, but two things set this apart. One is the atmosphere of horror it creates. This film wasn’t directed by any of the Italian Gothic horror greats like Mario Bava, Antonio Marghereti, or Riccardo Freda but it evokes their best works (“Black Sunday”, “Castle of Blood”, “The Ghost”).

The second though is Erica Blanc who manages to be both very sexy and very scary (the latter with the help of some good effect make-up). Interestingly, Blanc has only some very brief nude scenes here, but she plays such a seductive and deliciously evil character so well (especially when she preys upon the hapless priest) that she manages to steam up the screen far more than the two Euro-lesbian characters who spend half their screen time cavorting in the nude. Along with her famous coffin strip tease in “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave” this one of Blanc’s most memorable roles and worth the price of admission by itself.

Director: Jean Brismée

Writer: Patrice Rhomm Jean Brismée Pierre-Claude Garnier Vertunnio De Angelis

Cast: Jean Servais Shirley Corrigan Ivana Novak Erika Blanc Daniel Emilfork Lucien Raimbourg Jacques Monseau Colette Emmanuelle Frédérique Hender Lorenzo Terzon Christian Maillet Maurice De Groote Yvonne Garden

Genres: Fantasy Horror

Tags: Gothic Horror Psychotronic Film

Keywords: Satan Stabbing Tragic Event Bus Accident Murdered While Having Sex Harmonium Infanticide Lesbian Lesbian Sex Female Nudity Sex Horror Supernatural Serial Killer Serpent Family Relationships Group Decapitation Black And White Prologue Tourist Castle Devil Backstory Long Lost Daughter Deception Female Killer Mark Of The Devil Bus Over Cliff Tricked By The Devil Family Secret Back From The Dead Devil In Human Form Evil Wins Ironic Death Sin Reference To Satan Priest Pigeon Photographer Gluttony Fencing Family Curse Exploding Bus Deal With The Devil Chess Bus Crash Bathtub Snake Falling From Height Bus Seven Deadly Sins Filicide Baby Nudity Succubus Guillotine Iron Maiden Quicksand Impalement Surprise Ending Plot Twist

Castle of Death, The Devil Walks at Midnight, Vampire Playgirls, Succubus, The Devil's Nightmare, The Devil's Longest Night, Au service du diable, Pesadilla demoníaca, Original title: La plus longue nuit du diable