Cultists enjoy, praise, love the films of Jess Franco. I am not one of them. The film is a variation of formulas Franco put together several times during this period consisting of nude women, duplicitous villains, blood and talk. Lead Christina Von Blanc is beautiful but helps the film only a little. Horror has always been a medium to critique, mock or deconstruct religion, sexuality, family, and politics but neither holds authority in Franco’s fragilely mounted film.
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