Jesús Franco turns human trafficking into sleazy Euro-horror with statues that scream silently.
The virgin daughter of an important business man is kidnapped in a nightclub by a couple working as sex slave traders aboard a ship. She, along with other abducted women, are given a drug that freezes their bodies into human statues.
Cinematography
Murky ship corridors create genuine claustrophobic dread.
Acting
Brigitte Lahaie's icy menace elevates the sleaze.
Director
Jesús Franco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franco shot this back-to-back with 'I Like the Girls Who Do' using the same ship location. Brigitte Lahaie was a former adult star transitioning to mainstream Euro-horror.
Part of Franco's obsessive 'diamond smuggling/sex slavery on boats' subgenre—he made at least four variations. Critics debate whether his feminist readings are accidental or cynical.
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