also known as Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält
Mark of the Devil1970
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Among the best films to sink its exploitative claws into the world of 18th century witch-hunters and their ghastly torture methods. The production values are half-decent and there are some clever ideas (I love the moment when a guy is stabbed in the eye and the movie cuts to a psychedelic montage), but it's still a grimy film, which is all the better. There might not be a polite way to tell this story. Voluptuous Olivera Vuco spends the whole movie bursting out of bodices ready to be ripped by prune-faced witch-hunter Reggie Nalder, who thinks that any woman who resists his clammy advances is a heretic. Meanwhile, director Michael Armstrong lingers over bloody torture scenes in fine freak show fashion. It's more titillation than education, but this slimy thing makes a point that resonates today. It's simple: People who are fixated on the punishment of others are often into it because it turns them on sexually. Justice stops and sadism begins when you start having fun. Sounds like a life lesson to me.
Starring
- Johannes Buzalski - Advocato
- Gaby Fuchs - Deidre von Bergenstein
- Herbert Fux - Jeff Wilkens
- Udo Kier - Count Christian von Meruh
- Herbert Lom - Lord Cumberland
- Michael Maien - Baron Daumer
- Reggie Nalder - Albino
- Olivera Vučo - Vanessa Benedikt
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Among the best films to sink its exploitative claws into the world of 18th century witch-hunters and their ghastly torture methods. The production values are half-decent and there are some clever ideas (I love the moment when a guy is stabbed in the eye and the movie cuts to a psychedelic montage), but it's still a grimy film, which is all the better. There might not be a polite way to tell this story. Voluptuous Olivera Vuco spends the whole movie bursting out of bodices ready to be ripped by prune-faced witch-hunter Reggie Nalder, who thinks that any woman who resists his clammy advances is a heretic. Meanwhile, director Michael Armstrong lingers over bloody torture scenes in fine freak show fashion. It's more titillation than education, but this slimy thing makes a point that resonates today. It's simple: People who are fixated on the punishment of others are often into it because it turns them on sexually. Justice stops and sadism begins when you start having fun. Sounds like a life lesson to me.
Possibly the first torture porn in movie history. Good gore sequences and witch burning plus Herbert Lom in a wig and Udo Kier looking very dashing indeed.
good movie
It's about witch trials and corruption
does she weigh as much as a duck?