Period piece set during the Inquisition about a witch-finder general who falls in love with the village beauty, who has made a pact with the devil to seduce and condemn the man who is killing off Satan's servants.
Practical Effects
Grimy Inquisition sets that reek of 1970s Spain.
Costume
Satan's cape game is unhinged.
Director
Paul Naschy
Paul Naschy
Bernard de Fossey / Satan
Daniela Giordano
Catherine
Mónica Randall
Madeleine
Ricardo Merino
Nicolas Rodier
Tony Isbert
Pierre Burgot
Julia Saly
Elvire
Antonio Iranzo
Rénover
Juan Luis Galiardo
Jean Duprat
Eduardo Calvo
Émile
Tota Alba
Mabille
Eva León
Pierril Fillé
María Salerno
Isabel Luque
Loreta Tovar
(as Loli Tovar)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Naschy wrote, directed, and starred in this while recovering from a near-fatal heart attack—method commitment to Satanism, apparently.
Part of Spain's late-Franco horror boom, when filmmakers exploited loosening censorship with religious-themed exploitation that would've been impossible a decade earlier.
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